Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
22.7° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 3PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (19 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (19 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
E
0.9
ESE
1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.5
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)699995555555555610101096689
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)686765545349564947284554625545393533464251543632
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
30
E
30
ENE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
N
5
N
10
N
5
NE
25
ENE
15
ENE
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NNE
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassoncross-
on
cross-
off
offcrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:17AM
1.77
10:52PM
1.51
10:57AM
1.71
11:31PM
1.56
11:40AM
1.61
12:14AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:45PM
0.23
4:44AM
0.39
5:20PM
0.27
5:32AM
0.41
5:57PM
0.32
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise6:30-------6:31-------6:31-------
Sunset---7:38-------7:37-------7:36----
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232323232323222222232424242423232326262526232322
Feels °C (?)252524212122212222242525242625262529252728252625
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