Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 31 Dec 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
21.6° C
(Which is 1.8°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 8PM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm December 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Dec)--
Afternoon (31 Dec)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (31 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
3
3
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
SE
2
SE
1.9
SE
1.7
SE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
SE
0.9
ESE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)121212131213131312121212121211111110101010998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12581277117713171236128513051094836658545536429353450389305253171184154145110118
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ENE
10
E
10
SE
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
20
S
40
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:47PM
1.27
7:11AM
1.85
7:54PM
1.27
8:05AM
1.95
8:51PM
1.30
8:56AM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:56PM
0.41
12:27AM
0.42
1:59PM
0.28
1:25AM
0.40
2:55PM
0.17
2:20AM
0.37
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunrise------5:46-------5:46-------5:47-
Sunset--8:01-------8:01-------8:01-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020202020202121202019191919192020202020202021
Feels °C (?)191818192019192019141615161716171818191718191818
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