Box Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.74° S 152.19° E

Issued: 9 am 17 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Box Beach sea temperature is

19.2° 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 (17 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 4PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	7s
Afternoon (17 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	7s
Evening (17 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Sat afternoon, light winds from the E by Sun night).
	Friday 17						Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	ESE 7	SE 7	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 9	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	117	141	137	135	121	137	111	195	226	216	270	373	534	567	1423	1379	1160	1115	1037	930	832	755
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			10:41AM1.41m				10:40PM1.83m				11:27AM1.41m				11:24PM1.69m				12:13PM1.41m
Low Tide	4:38AM0.10m				4:21PM0.39m				5:20AM0.17m				5:11PM0.46m				6:00AM0.26m				6:03PM0.55m


	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:04	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	16	16
Feels °C	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	13	13	13	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 7	S 7	ESE 7	S 6	SSW 8	S 8	S 21	S 21	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 20	E 9	S 9	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	86	64	59	135	41	24	71	35	35	57	53	48	68	567	26	1379	1160	1115	1037	930	832	755
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	S 11	S 16	S 7	S 11	S 11	S 11	—	—	S 21	S 20	S 20	S 18	S 10	S 19	S 18	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 14
kJ	22	21	43	33	22	22	23	—	—	78	73	70	6	29	113	103	154	150	142	127	172	175
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 9	S 15	S 19	S 20	—	—	S 18	—	S 18	S 14	S 19	—	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	SE 17	SE 17
kJ	56	52	42	25	18	27	8	—	—	6	—	6	4	66	—	24	13	23	12	12	11	11
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	—	ESE 7	ESE 6	ESE 7	SE 7	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSE 6	E 11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	117	141	137	—	121	137	111	195	226	216	270	373	534	104	1423	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	4	3	2	4	4
Distance (km)	41	82	83	83	41	41	41	70	127	204	204	216	215	133	133	148	148	133	41	41	70	70
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1												4	4	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	6	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	9	6	6	5	5	6	7	6	6	9	7	8	9	8	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	7

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