Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 24 Mar 2026 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
23.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 2AM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (25 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (25 Mar)6ft (1.9m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
3
4
4
4
3
0
0
4
3
1
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
2
E
2.1
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.6
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
SE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)999999101012121212121212121111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31131836437238040543252087912141313141513781227132111941214988790634419334263196
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
W
10
W
10
SW
15
SSE
10
SE
5
E
10
N
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
5
NE
25
ENE
30
NE
15
NNW
35
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
40
W
45
WNW
40
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:41AM
1.69
2:33PM
1.16
2:52AM
1.66
4:06PM
1.14
4:11AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:03PM
0.54
8:40AM
0.46
8:07PM
0.62
10:04AM
0.45
9:26PM
0.66
11:19AM
0.40
Tue
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise----6:56-------6:58-------6:58---
Sunset-------6:57-------6:54-------6:53
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------211---
Temp. °C232221201921222222211919192224242420191918181816
Feels °C (?)232223211922222223212020192221202416161513977
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