Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
22.8° 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 7PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)--
Afternoon (21 Apr)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (21 Apr)8ft (2.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.4
SE
2.4
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
ESE
2.3
SE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)111010101010101011111111121111111111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1489127511861256123111961220129412541363132613501553128711708226396731154615554590464451
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:15AM
1.30
11:26PM
1.82
12:20PM
1.22
12:25AM
1.75
1:36PM
1.18
1:34AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:51PM
0.50
6:22AM
0.33
5:49PM
0.59
7:32AM
0.36
6:58PM
0.66
8:44AM
0.38
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise------6:16-------6:16-------6:18-
Sunset-5:22-------5:22-------5:21------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020191919191919191919191919192020202120202121
Feels °C (?)141515141515151414141515151515151617161717171718
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