Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 17 Jan 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 1.1°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 11PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 3.0m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (17 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
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0
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)10109999999999999999999998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1456148016231653160221842086183816931567138313071162676595516493471421395354346316322
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SE
25
ESE
25
E
15
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
SE
10
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:50PM
1.14
8:46AM
1.76
9:31PM
1.19
9:24AM
1.79
10:09PM
1.24
10:01AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:59PM
0.35
2:06AM
0.52
3:36PM
0.28
2:50AM
0.50
4:12PM
0.24
3:32AM
0.48
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise------6:00-------6:01-------6:01-
Sunset--8:01-------8:00-------8:00-----
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--13566665411111-----1-2
Temp. °C232423232222222221212222212121222222222121212221
Feels °C (?)232522222221201918161819181818191819201820192119
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