Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 15 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 4AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm February 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (16 Feb)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (16 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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

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Sun
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
ESE
0.9
E
1.2
E
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)71212121212677777766656666999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11115114413910198139135113927474724566112109119935842545450
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
E
25
ENE
35
ENE
40
NE
35
NNE
20
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
W
5
SSE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29PM
1.21
8:21AM
1.74
9:05PM
1.29
9:00AM
1.78
9:40PM
1.38
9:38AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:50AM
0.53
3:04PM
0.27
2:34AM
0.47
3:38PM
0.23
3:17AM
0.43
4:11PM
0.22
Sun
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise----6:28-------6:28-------6:28---
Sunset-------7:42-------7:40-------7:39
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
---1441-----------------
Temp. °C222221212121222222212121192223232322212122303228
Feels °C (?)202020211918192021212021192220191918192122283227
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