Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 21 Feb 2026 AEDT
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Box Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Box Beach sea temperature is
22.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 11PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)--
Afternoon (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (21 Feb)2ft (0.6m)6s

Table - waves today at Box Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.4
SSW
0.6
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
NE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.7
NE
1.5
NE
1.6
NE
1.8
NE
1.4
NE
1.2
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)669686996677887777666777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34372524361925253913325836522916927726283103936547656464
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
15
NE
15
NNE
10
WSW
5
N
5
NW
5
NNW
10
ENE
30
ENE
40
NE
35
NNE
15
NW
5
W
15
NNE
5
SW
15
NE
25
ENE
30
NE
5
NNE
0
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:40AM
1.61
12:14AM
1.60
12:27PM
1.48
1:03AM
1.61
1:22PM
1.34
2:01AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:57PM
0.32
6:26AM
0.45
6:39PM
0.40
7:28AM
0.49
7:26PM
0.47
8:44AM
0.53
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------6:33-------6:33-------6:35-
Sunset-7:36-------7:35-------7:34------
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------1-----
Temp. °C262526242222222424262725242324242425252423222224
Feels °C (?)252627262525242521222426282428252324282826252526
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