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Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
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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
22.9° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Box Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 1PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am May 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (06 May) | 5ft (1.5m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (06 May) | 5ft (1.5m) | 10s |
| Evening (06 May) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Box Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Wed morning, strong winds from the WSW by Thu afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 6 | Thursday 7 | Friday 8 | Sat 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | SSW 7 | SSW 8 | SSW 10 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 12 | S 11 | |
495 | 476 | 461 | 452 | 452 | 394 | 468 | 392 | 284 | 279 | 230 | 202 | 306 | 582 | 2389 | 2301 | 2236 | 1732 | 1326 | 1055 | 832 | 736 | 1277 | 1351 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
off | off | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross | cross-off | off | off | |
High Tide | 11:16AM1.10m | 11:12PM1.61m | 12:08PM1.07m | 11:55PM1.55m | 1:09PM1.06m | 00:45AM1.50m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:29AM0.46m | 4:31PM0.65m | 6:17AM0.48m | 5:15PM0.72m | 7:09AM0.50m | 6:10PM0.78m | ||||||||||||||||||
6:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | |
— | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:06 | — | — | — | 5:05 | |
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Temp °C | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 12 |
13 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 7 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | S 10 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 12 | S 11 |
495 | 476 | 461 | 452 | 452 | 394 | 468 | 392 | 284 | 279 | 230 | 186 | 148 | 117 | 1729 | 2301 | 2236 | 1732 | 1326 | 1055 | 832 | 736 | 1277 | 1351 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 17 | SSW 11 | S 10 | S 9 | S 8 | S 7 | S 7 | SSW 7 | S 7 | S 6 | S 12 | S 11 | S 13 | S 16 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 |
92 | 40 | 70 | 74 | 63 | 40 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 90 | 92 | 70 | 71 | 78 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 58 | 58 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 4 | S 16 | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | — | S 17 | S 17 | NE 10 | — | — | — | — | — | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | — | S 20 |
3 | 82 | 41 | 37 | 33 | 32 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | — | 6 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 8 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | NE 3 | NNE 4 | WNW 2 | W 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | SSW 6 | SSW 7 | SSW 8 | SSW 10 | — | W 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 4 | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | 6 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 202 | 306 | 582 | 2389 | — | 19 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 34 | 41 | 41 | 137 | 137 | 247 | 41 | 62 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 47 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
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