Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 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 7PM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 3.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)--
Afternoon (19 Apr)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (19 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
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2
3
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)121212131312121212121212111111111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)393333194139441133173163295827322602235221241913175613471356126812871233961980102210019901030
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:43PM
1.89
10:19AM
1.40
10:32PM
1.87
11:15AM
1.30
11:26PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:16PM
0.36
4:20AM
0.25
4:01PM
0.43
5:18AM
0.29
4:51PM
0.50
6:22AM
0.33
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise------6:15-------6:16-------6:16-
Sunset-5:24-------5:23-------5:22------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181819191918181718202019191818191919191919191919
Feels °C (?)131314141413131313141514141313141414141515151515
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