Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
22.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 6PM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a East direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
1
3
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.1
ENE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
2
S
2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)131313141414131313131314141414141514141112121112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17026327647146046051149549549959570089410301158119113711191104298610581040890857
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSE
15
ESE
0
N
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SSW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
5
SSW
0
WNW
10
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crossonglasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:14PM
1.09
3:39AM
1.46
5:05PM
1.19
4:40AM
1.50
5:44PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:55AM
0.56
9:07PM
0.80
10:44AM
0.51
10:20PM
0.74
11:25AM
0.44
11:19PM
0.64
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise6:09-------6:09-------6:09-------
Sunset---5:35-------5:34-------5:31----
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212223212120181514172021211816141314171819181716
Feels °C (?)19191817192011879131514119778121317171413
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