Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 20 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
22.0° C
(Which is 1.0°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 11PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm December 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Dec)--
Afternoon (20 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (20 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.1
NE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.6
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
2.2
NE
1.4
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1.1
ENE
0.9
NE
0.6
S
0.9
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)776777777578899998881111119
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4142971161312339090901242402916552812422061481421539988195411275
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
5
NNW
10
E
25
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
SW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
ESE
20
NE
15
NE
10
ESE
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:50PM
1.16
9:47AM
1.79
10:33PM
1.16
10:25AM
1.78
11:16PM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:01PM
0.32
3:08AM
0.50
4:40PM
0.28
3:48AM
0.53
5:19PM
0.27
4:30AM
0.56
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Sunrise------5:39-------5:39-------5:39-
Sunset-7:57-------7:58-------7:58------
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------1------
Temp. °C242425242323242727272727232728312728242221202021
Feels °C (?)252323232425262826242526242728322928252421181922
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