Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 11 Mar 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
21.6° C
(Which is 2.2°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 11AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (11 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (11 Mar)6ft (1.9m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1
E
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.8
ESE
1.6
E
1.4
E
3
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)8888991110101012121211111112121212121299
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12413017618022247790369257446887276377665565566367469881492871152811431473
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
25
SW
30
SSW
30
S
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:11AM
1.44
2:32PM
0.99
3:12AM
1.42
4:09PM
0.96
4:22AM
1.43
5:46PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:17AM
0.71
8:06PM
0.71
10:40AM
0.68
9:14PM
0.75
11:48AM
0.61
10:34PM
0.75
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise--6:47-------6:47-------6:48-----
Sunset-----7:15-------7:14-------7:12--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222221242525242322222324232222212121202021202121
Feels °C (?)222221232221202021212022201920181920181818141416
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