Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 09 Sep 2025 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
18.4° 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 5AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (09 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (09 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

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Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
ENE
0.5
S
0.8
NE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
ENE
0.5
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.6
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
2.4
SW
4.5
SSW
4.5
S
4
S
Period(s) (?)888810710101081010961014131211118111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)15311811581891326459496569144178207305301366320229211683524251604206
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
W
25
W
25
W
10
N
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
20
W
5
SE
10
NNE
5
WNW
10
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
40
WNW
45
WNW
50
W
55
WNW
55
WSW
50
SW
45
SW
40
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:08AM
1.63
9:21PM
1.77
9:49AM
1.69
10:06PM
1.67
10:32AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:00AM
0.20
3:08PM
0.29
3:37AM
0.23
3:57PM
0.29
4:16AM
0.29
4:50PM
0.33
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Sunrise--5:58-------5:58-------5:56-----
Sunset-----5:37-------5:38-------5:38--
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---11-1151910-14------221
Temp. °C211918192021181717171616171718161312121114131415
Feels °C (?)18171415192116161515171518161410421-13346
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Box Beach (calm at Shoal Bay wx 4 km from Box Beach). 1.0m 8s swell from the ENE with a 0.4m 11s groundswell from the S and a 0.2m 13s groundswell, also from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 31 min ago

5 km/h
N
Clean
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