Box Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.74° S 152.19° E

Issued: 10 am 09 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Box Beach sea temperature is

21.0°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 (09 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 4PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Nov)	10ft (3.0m)	10s
Afternoon (09 Nov)	10ft (3.0m)	11s
Evening (09 Nov)	10ft (3.0m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Wed morning, min 12°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Mon morning, calm by Wed night).
	Monday 9						Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thu 12
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	!	!	!	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	2057	2005	2245	2241	1980	1891	1658	1546	1439	1292	1100	1054	792	647	548	419	349	276	249	211	161	113	90	88
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	SSW	WSW	WNW	WNW	ESE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	N	WNW	WNW	SE	ESE	NNE	NE	ENE	E	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	off	off	off	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	off	off	cross-on	on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	glassy
High Tide		8:59AM1.79m				9:22PM1.35m				9:34AM1.80m				10:01PM1.28m				10:10AM1.79m				10:41PM1.21m
Low Tide				3:30PM0.35m				3:03AM0.42m				4:12PM0.35m				3:36AM0.46m				4:53PM0.36m				4:09AM0.51m


	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43
	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	7:25
mm	2	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	4	4	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	15	16	17	16	16	15	12	13	16	17	19	19	19	17	16	17	21	20	19	20	19	20	19
Feels °C	7	8	8	11	11	13	13	9	11	15	13	13	13	15	16	15	16	20	18	16	18	18	20	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	E 10	E 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8
kJ	1745	19	18	2241	1980	1891	1658	1546	1439	1292	1100	1054	792	647	548	419	349	276	249	211	161	113	90	88
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	E 11	S 13	E 10	S 12	E 10	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	ENE 3	S 10	E 10	NE 5	NE 7
kJ	19	18	18	20	20	21	11	11	12	12	9	14	8	12	8	10	6	7	5	2	8	7	24	62
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	NE 12	NNE 12	NNE 13	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 12	E 11	E 11	NE 12	NE 12	S 13	E 10	S 12	S 12	S 10	S 10	S 10	NE 6	E 9	S 10	S 9	S 9
kJ	6	6	14	16	13	13	13	13	9	9	5	5	14	8	11	25	19	19	19	6	7	7	7	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSW 9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 10	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NNE 5	—	—	—	—	NE 4	NNE 4	—	SE 3
kJ	2057	2005	2245	293	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	27	22	16	28	—	—	—	—	32	39	—	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	6	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	89	89	256	476	205	47	0	0	0	12	646	259	190	75	1	0	0	41	259	1	2	1	2	0
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Rating (10 max)						4	4	4	4	4				3	3	3	2	2		2	2	2	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	6	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	8	9	9	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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