Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 30 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
23.9° 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 4PM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (30 Mar)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)10101099999881616161514131616161515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)64450844236730826222218114312518318324223323212118818317623320914413892
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
SSW
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
NE
15
NE
10
N
10
NNW
0
SE
15
ESE
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
1.74
8:00PM
1.51
8:04AM
1.73
8:37PM
1.59
8:45AM
1.69
9:12PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:49PM
0.26
1:50AM
0.41
2:26PM
0.25
2:35AM
0.36
2:59PM
0.27
3:18AM
0.34
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise7:00-------7:01-------7:01-------
Sunset---6:50-------6:49-------6:46----
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182021212121202019212122222121202021222222212120
Feels °C (?)171919192019192018212020201920202021191819192019
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