Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 19 Jul 2025 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
19.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 12PM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (19 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (19 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tue
22
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)776666777779899999998889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2764691681291661049180655766126188250294297292285283228260288287326
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
10
S
10
W
15
W
20
W
15
W
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
W
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:19PM
1.60
3:44AM
1.23
4:28PM
1.69
5:07AM
1.20
5:32PM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:36AM
0.45
9:57PM
0.54
9:38AM
0.48
11:16PM
0.45
10:42AM
0.48
12:24AM
0.34
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tue
22
Sunrise6:50-------6:48-------6:48-------
Sunset---5:04-------5:05-------5:06----
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Rain (mm)
-1----------------------
Temp. °C141516161615131111121314151513131313151617171716
Feels °C (?)10111112141310778811131411101010141514131211
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind 4 km from Box Beach has swung offshore (light winds from the WSW at Shoal Bay wx). 1.7m 7s swell from the SSE

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Actual: 30 min ago

18 km/h
WSW
Offshore
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