Box Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.74° S 152.19° E

Issued: 10 am 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Box Beach sea temperature is

21.1°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 (10 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 5PM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Nov)	8ft (2.5m)	11s
Afternoon (10 Nov)	7ft (2.2m)	11s
Evening (10 Nov)	6ft (1.9m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed morning).
	Tuesday 10						Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Fri 13
	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	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	1439	1292	1100	1102	792	705	578	471	394	313	249	194	161	129	113	90	86	59	131	159	74	64	52	53
Wind (km/h)	WNW	ESE	E	NE	NE	NE	NNW	WNW	NW	WSW	ESE	SE	N	N	S	SSE	SSW	S	S	SSE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	off	cross-off	glassy	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		9:34AM1.80m				10:01PM1.28m				10:10AM1.79m				10:41PM1.21m				10:45AM1.75m					11:23PM1.16m
Low Tide				4:12PM0.35m				3:36AM0.46m				4:53PM0.36m				4:09AM0.51m					5:36PM0.39m			4:44AM0.57m


	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43
	—	—	—	7:23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:25	—	—	—	7:27
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	17	17	19	19	19	17	16	17	22	20	20	22	22	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19
Feels °C	12	16	13	13	14	15	17	15	16	22	17	18	22	19	20	20	19	20	19	20	22	21	21	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	NE 7	NE 8	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6
kJ	1439	1292	1100	1102	792	705	578	471	394	313	249	194	161	129	113	90	86	59	18	21	74	64	52	53
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 11	ENE 11	E 11	S 13	E 10	S 13	E 10	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	ENE 4	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 7	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 9
kJ	12	12	9	14	8	13	8	11	9	7	18	8	8	7	17	20	19	17	25	24	23	21	21	8
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	S 13	NE 12	S 13	E 10	S 12	S 12	S 10	S 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	NE 11	S 9	ESE 12	SE 11	SE 11	E 10	E 9	NE 8	NE 7	E 9	E 8
kJ	9	9	14	5	14	8	11	25	19	19	8	8	7	5	7	13	31	29	7	7	15	8	6	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	E 11	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NNE 5	—	—	NE 5	E 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	—	SSW 3	S 4	S 4	S 8	SSE 8	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	9	28	26	21	29	—	—	7	12	19	22	—	2	11	18	131	159	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	41	685	260	171	75	0	0	0	0	839	89	1	1	17	41	0	70	256	47	1	1	1	1
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