Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 28 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
24.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 12AM is: 4.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 4.0m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (29 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (29 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
1
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5.5
S
5.5
S
5
S
4.5
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)1313131212121111111110101010101099999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1135699767834610849844589368228562116168514021153935727631497424359301257217169125103
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
15
NE
10
N
5
NNW
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:31PM
1.30
6:27AM
1.72
7:18PM
1.41
7:19AM
1.74
8:00PM
1.51
8:04AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:19PM
0.34
12:01AM
0.57
1:08PM
0.29
1:00AM
0.48
1:49PM
0.26
1:50AM
0.41
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise------7:00-------7:00-------7:01-
Sunset-6:52-------6:51-------6:50------
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181920202018171920212121212019202121212120191921
Feels °C (?)111214151514131516181819202019202019191918191921
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