Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 19 Apr 2026 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
22.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 6AM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 3.0m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (20 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (20 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


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Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
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2
1
1
1
2
1
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.5
SSE
1.8
S
2.4
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.3
SE
2.2
SE
2.2
SE
Period(s) (?)121313121212121212121111111111101010101010101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41393523331731633477273231122476227420531756151813311369750116811021124102210671010112410861107
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
30
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:43PM
1.89
10:19AM
1.40
10:32PM
1.87
11:15AM
1.30
11:26PM
1.82
12:20PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:20AM
0.25
4:01PM
0.43
5:18AM
0.29
4:51PM
0.50
6:22AM
0.33
Sun
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise----6:15-------6:16-------6:16---
Sunset-------5:23-------5:22-------5:22
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C191919181717191919191919181919192019191919191919
Feels °C (?)141414131212141314141515131414141515151516151616
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