Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 09 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
23.0° 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 9AM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am February 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (09 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (09 Feb)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.6
NE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
ENE
0.6
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
NE
Period(s) (?)566666777888777888888456
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)669517173553978595375585857433853486868689458102122
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNE
30
NNE
15
N
15
W
15
NW
20
N
15
N
15
N
10
N
10
W
15
W
15
WSW
20
SSW
10
SE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
10
NNW
10
E
20
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:14AM
1.41
2:01PM
1.13
3:06AM
1.41
2:58PM
1.03
4:07AM
1.42
4:23PM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:40AM
0.73
8:11PM
0.58
9:55AM
0.75
8:56PM
0.63
11:18AM
0.71
9:54PM
0.66
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise--6:20-------6:22-------6:22-----
Sunset-----7:47-------7:46-------7:45--
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----12------------------
Temp. °C232322212121212120202022232323222221212324252424
Feels °C (?)202122212121222121212123232424242423232523232122
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