Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 02 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
23.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 6PM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)11ft (3.5m)9s
Afternoon (02 Feb)11ft (3.5m)11s
Evening (02 Feb)8ft (2.5m)10s

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

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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
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
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
1.3
ENE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
0.8
SE
Period(s) (?)9101111109991010999999888556611
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18662925301824081624104175972687878465357947444915713290988076106110108137
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
45
S
40
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
35
ENE
40
NE
40
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:31AM
1.96
10:13PM
1.42
10:14AM
1.91
10:54PM
1.45
10:54AM
1.81
11:33PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:11PM
0.09
3:51AM
0.33
4:51PM
0.12
4:37AM
0.36
5:27PM
0.18
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
Sunrise6:13-------6:15-------6:16-------
Sunset---7:53-------7:52-------7:52----
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1------1----------------
Temp. °C181920202121212120212121212020191922222322212019
Feels °C (?)91012131516161817181717171617161719171817161718
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