Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 06 May 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
22.9° C
(Which is 1.0°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 1PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am May 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 May)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (06 May)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (06 May)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Wed morning, strong winds from the WSW by Thu afternoon).

Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
Friday
8
Sat
9
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
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3
3
4
2
2
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
10
1
E
10
1.8
SSW
7
2.2
SSW
8
3.5
SSW
10
3
S
11
3
S
11
2.5
S
11
2.4
S
11
2.2
S
10
2
S
10
1.9
S
10
2.2
S
12
2.3
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
495
476
461
452
452
394
468
392
284
279
230
202
306
582
2389
2301
2236
1732
1326
1055
832
736
1277
1351
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SSE
15
E
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNW
30
W
35
W
35
W
35
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
30
W
30
W
35
W
30
W
20
W
10
S
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
off
off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
11:16AM1.10m
11:12PM1.61m
12:08PM1.07m
11:55PM1.55m
1:09PM1.06m
00:45AM1.50m
Low Tide
5:29AM0.46m
4:31PM0.65m
6:17AM0.48m
5:15PM0.72m
7:09AM0.50m
6:10PM0.78m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:26
6:26
6:28
6:28
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5:07
5:07
5:06
5:05
Temp °C
15
17
19
20
20
19
17
16
14
16
18
17
15
13
11
9
8
12
17
19
19
17
13
12
13
16
18
18
17
17
14
10
7
9
10
6
5
4
4
1
0
3
9
14
15
12
8
7
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
10
1
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
3
S
10
3
S
11
3
S
11
2.5
S
11
2.4
S
11
2.2
S
10
2
S
10
1.9
S
10
2.2
S
12
2.3
S
11
Energy kJ
495
476
461
452
452
394
468
392
284
279
230
186
148
117
1729
2301
2236
1732
1326
1055
832
736
1277
1351
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
S
17
0.4
SSW
11
0.6
S
10
0.7
S
9
0.7
S
8
0.6
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.4
SSW
7
0.4
S
7
0.3
S
6
0.2
S
12
0.2
S
11
0.1
S
13
0.2
S
16
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
11
Energy kJ
92
40
70
74
63
40
26
15
14
6
11
10
3
21
90
92
70
71
78
83
83
83
58
58
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
S
4
0.4
S
16
0.3
S
15
0.3
S
14
0.3
S
14
0.3
S
13
0.2
S
13
0.2
S
13
0.2
S
13
0.2
S
12
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
17
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
9
0.1
NE
9
0.1
NE
9
0.1
S
20
Energy kJ
3
82
41
37
33
32
14
13
12
12
6
6
4
3
3
3
8
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
NE
3
0.8
NNE
4
0.3
WNW
2
0.7
W
4
0.8
WSW
4
1
WSW
4
1.6
SSW
6
1.8
SSW
7
2.2
SSW
8
3.5
SSW
10
0.7
W
4
0.6
W
4
0.8
W
4
0.5
W
4
0.2
W
4
Energy kJ
6
21
1
12
20
37
202
306
582
2389
19
9
22
9
1
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
4
4
Distance (km)
0
0
41
2
2
1
17
34
41
41
137
137
247
41
62
41
41
41
41
0
47
41
0
0
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
4
4
2
7
5
5
6
6
4
6
6
5
4
4
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
7
9
9
6
6
4
7
6
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
6
7
8
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