Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 08 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
23.0° C
(Which is 1.0°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 10PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)--
Afternoon (08 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (08 Feb)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.4
NE
1.2
NE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)655556666667788877788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)494639546410413799534244481098175585743386868686868
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
35
NE
25
NE
15
N
15
W
15
NW
10
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NW
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:20PM
1.25
2:14AM
1.41
2:01PM
1.13
3:06AM
1.41
2:58PM
1.03
4:07AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:36PM
0.51
8:40AM
0.73
8:11PM
0.58
9:55AM
0.75
8:56PM
0.63
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise------6:20-------6:22-------6:22-
Sunset-7:49-------7:47-------7:46------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------11--------------
Temp. °C232424242323222322202121212020222323232322222123
Feels °C (?)222423232020202322202221222121232423232423242324
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