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Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 17 Mar 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
22.1° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 1PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (17 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NE
1.4
NE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.6
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.4
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)66121211111111101076666699666776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13215297976057565532313263767674562374535555332725
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
N
15
ENE
10
ENE
25
SE
15
SE
5
E
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
5
SE
0
SW
5
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:53AM
1.69
8:32PM
1.44
8:34AM
1.73
9:07PM
1.55
9:15AM
1.73
9:44PM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:24PM
0.30
2:17AM
0.45
2:58PM
0.26
3:01AM
0.37
3:32PM
0.25
3:46AM
0.32
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise6:50-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---7:07-------7:06-------7:04----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------------11--2332122
Temp. °C202324252424242423232323232222222222222121212120
Feels °C (?)202323252124262624232223242425242323232121212320
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