
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Box Beach today (22 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 6PM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 17s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (22 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (22 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 8s |
| Evening (22 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Box Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 22 | Wednesday 23 | Thursday 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 11 | S 10 | S 19 | S 19 | S 17 | S 16 | ENE 6 | S 15 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | S 11 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 |
Wave Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||
340 | 250 | 643 | 325 | 332 | 555 | 448 | 329 | 280 | 348 | 255 | 220 | 188 | 160 | 130 | 114 | 136 | 194 | 181 | 154 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 5:04PM1.51m | 6:08AM1.22m | 5:51PM1.57m | 6:42AM1.33m | 6:34PM1.62m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:31AM0.74m | 11:56PM0.46m | 11:29AM0.66m | 00:31AM0.39m | 12:18PM0.58m | |||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | |
mm | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 |
Feels °C | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 11 | S 10 | S 10 | ESE 6 | S 17 | S 10 | S 16 | S 15 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 |
340 | 250 | 643 | 325 | 219 | 80 | 448 | 125 | 237 | 348 | 153 | 181 | 137 | 132 | 123 | 114 | 110 | 79 | 79 | 78 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 11 | S 17 | S 17 | SE 6 | S 10 | S 10 | S 16 | S 10 | E 13 | S 15 | — | S 20 | — | — | E 12 | E 12 | S 18 | S 18 | S 17 |
199 | 233 | 87 | 195 | 71 | 181 | 116 | 329 | 106 | 3 | 71 | — | 7 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 20 | S 19 | E 15 | SE 6 | S 19 | S 19 | — | E 13 | E 13 | — | E 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 18 | E 12 | E 12 |
8 | 62 | 4 | 23 | 332 | 555 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 3 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | ENE 4 | E 5 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | E 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 |
— | — | 20 | 46 | 52 | 60 | 190 | 237 | 280 | 290 | 255 | 220 | 188 | 160 | 130 | 101 | 136 | 194 | 181 | 154 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 205 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 44 | 53 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 119 | 171 | 259 | 209 | 259 | 255 | 12 | 120 | 193 | 261 | 261 |
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