Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 23 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 11PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)--
Afternoon (23 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (23 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
1.4
ENE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
ENE
1.4
NE
1.2
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)777666677556666676677888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14759569610949516154981101201011029714412515616413212111010794
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
10
NE
30
ENE
35
NE
25
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
0
ESE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:22PM
1.34
2:01AM
1.61
2:30PM
1.21
3:11AM
1.62
3:59PM
1.13
4:29AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:26PM
0.47
8:44AM
0.53
8:25PM
0.54
10:11AM
0.52
9:36PM
0.59
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise------6:35-------6:35-------6:35-
Sunset-7:34-------7:32-------7:31------
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262525242423232525252423232221252424242323232323
Feels °C (?)262627262524242422222120212120262221242324242624
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