Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 23 Oct 2025 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
21.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 2PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (23 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (23 Oct)7ft (2.1m)11s

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

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Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sun
26
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
3
3
3
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.6
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)111514131110101011111110101010101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)170153257281103078440730558557549641633827122322322521619419015512910299
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
E
20
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
W
10
SW
20
SE
20
ESE
10
SE
10
S
10
S
15
SSE
5
ESE
10
E
20
E
25
E
30
NE
30
NNE
20
NNE
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
glassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
crossoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:02AM
1.73
10:20PM
1.33
10:36AM
1.71
10:59PM
1.25
11:10AM
1.68
11:40PM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:30PM
0.41
4:05AM
0.45
5:11PM
0.43
4:35AM
0.51
5:55PM
0.46
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sun
26
Sunrise6:01-------6:01-------6:00-------
Sunset---7:08-------7:08-------7:09----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818171718171615181919191818171718181919191817
Feels °C (?)131314131415151513171615181717151717151615161717
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Box Beach (moderate winds from the SSE at Shoal Bay wx 4 km from Box Beach). 1.7m 6s windswell from the SSW with a 1.1m 9s swell from the ENE and a 0.4m 15s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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1 h 47 min ago

24 km/h
SSE
Cross-On
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