Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 09 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
22.0° C
(Which is 1.0°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 12PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
1
1
3
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.6
NE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)1099991514141413131313137131313131414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)117108103103106126163213201187201181173178258176173263276377460449518495
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
0
N
15
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
N
20
NNE
15
N
0
NW
20
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
10
WNW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
0
E
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:24PM
1.00
1:24AM
1.45
2:54PM
1.01
2:30AM
1.43
4:14PM
1.09
3:39AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:43AM
0.62
6:32PM
0.77
8:53AM
0.61
7:45PM
0.81
9:55AM
0.56
9:07PM
0.80
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise6:07-------6:07-------6:09-------
Sunset---5:37-------5:36-------5:35----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192223232323212121242626272524232222232221211815
Feels °C (?)20242321212120202025252424242424191718181821129
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