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Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
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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
20.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Box Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 4AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm May 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (27 May) | 7ft (2.2m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (27 May) | 7ft (2.1m) | 12s |
| Evening (27 May) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Box Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 56mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 18°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, strong winds from the SSW by Fri afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 26 | Wednesday 27 | Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
E 12 | ENE 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | |
2119 | 2393 | 1827 | 1598 | 1569 | 1436 | 1308 | 1266 | 1129 | 1111 | 986 | 952 | 875 | 843 | 743 | 730 | 727 | 804 | 988 | 592 | 502 | 555 | 482 | 474 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | off | cross-on | cross | on | on | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | on | on | on | on | on | off | on | cross | cross | cross-off | |
High Tide | 5:14PM1.51m | 5:15AM1.35m | 5:54PM1.60m | 6:03AM1.31m | 6:32PM1.67m | 6:47AM1.27m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:23PM0.59m | 11:19AM0.44m | 00:14AM0.53m | 11:55AM0.45m | 1:01AM0.48m | 12:30PM0.45m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:53 | |
4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Temp °C | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 16 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | S 8 | S 8 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 |
42 | 1952 | 1827 | 1598 | 1569 | 1436 | 1308 | 1266 | 1129 | 1111 | 986 | 952 | 875 | 843 | 743 | 730 | 22 | 21 | 789 | 592 | 502 | 555 | 482 | 474 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 17 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | S 16 | S 16 | S 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | S 8 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 |
6 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 42 | 39 | 38 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 46 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 29 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 17 | — | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 15 | S 15 | S 15 | S 17 | S 16 | S 11 | S 16 | S 16 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 |
6 | — | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 47 | 10 | 45 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 12 | ENE 12 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | — | SW 5 | — | — | NNW 2 |
2119 | 2393 | 119 | 135 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 727 | 804 | 988 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 41 | 47 |
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