Box Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.74° S 152.19° E

Issued: 4 pm 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Box Beach sea temperature is

21.0°C

Box Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Box Beach today (06 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 11PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (06 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	9s
Evening (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Sat night. Warm (max 23°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Sat morning, strong winds from the SW by Sun morning).
	Fri 6				Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	!	!	0	!	!	!	!	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	E 9	SSE 7	S 7	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	450	368	270	191	153	95	72	70	48	42	166	389	827	1604	1689	1741	1602	1562	1560	1402	1216	1021
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NW	W	SW	ENE	ENE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	off	cross-off	on	on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			7:14PM1.52m				7:45AM1.69m				8:00PM1.47m					8:23AM1.75m				8:42PM1.41m
Low Tide	1:12PM0.46m				1:21AM0.36m					2:02PM0.40m			1:56AM0.37m					2:47PM0.37m				2:30AM0.39m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46
	—	7:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	7:22
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	1	1	1	1	3	1	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	18	19	19	18	17	15	16	22	23	22	18	16	15	14	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	14
Feels °C	15	15	14	13	15	14	14	20	20	18	13	9	7	5	4	4	6	6	7	8	9	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	NE 4	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 10	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	E 11	S 9
kJ	450	368	270	191	153	95	72	70	48	34	9	43	43	44	29	29	30	39	39	38	35	1021
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 14	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 5	NE 6	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 18	NE 6	—	ENE 12	S 16	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	E 10
kJ	26	25	4	24	24	23	16	26	40	42	43	6	1	—	27	5	6	6	6	6	6	33
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 6	NE 6	S 16	N 12	S 18	S 18	—	NE 12	NE 13	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	4	4	4	4	4	26	26	13	9	5	3	25	6	—	6	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	ENE 8	NE 4	NE 5	NNE 5	—	—	—	ENE 3	SSE 7	S 7	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	—
kJ	—	—	92	28	31	61	—	—	—	6	166	389	827	1604	1689	1741	1602	1562	1560	1402	1216	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	3	2	1	1	4	4	4	3
Distance (km)	418	119	157	75	1	0	0	0	12	157	89	205	216	70	205	385	713	713	89	89	57	51
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle		Box Head		Forresters	Forresters	Box Beach	Crackneck	Macmasters Point	Anna Bay-Morna Point												JD Reef	Leggy Point
Rating (10 max)		1		1	1	2	1	1	1												4	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	2	3	5	5	5	2	3	3	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	8	8	7	6	7	5	5	5	5	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4

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