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Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
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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
21.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at Box Beach today (02 Jun):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Jun, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with E swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Jun, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with E swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Jun, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ENE swell.
The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 10AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am June 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (02 Jun) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (02 Jun) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
| Evening (02 Jun) | 3ft (0.9m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Box Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Tue morning, strong winds from the W by Thu night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 2 | Wednesday 3 | Thursday 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
S 10 | S 8 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | ENE 9 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | |
127 | 71 | 58 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 113 | 108 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 28 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 95 | 97 | 97 | 87 | 82 | 53 | 52 | 52 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | |
High Tide | 9:34AM1.16m | 9:32PM1.75m | 10:18AM1.14m | 10:09PM1.71m | 11:03AM1.13m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:46AM0.34m | 2:54PM0.53m | 4:26AM0.34m | 3:32PM0.58m | 5:07AM0.35m | 4:13PM0.63m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | 6:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | |
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Temp °C | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 13 |
10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 8 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | ENE 9 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 |
127 | 71 | 58 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 113 | 108 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 28 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 95 | 97 | 97 | 87 | 82 | 53 | 52 | 52 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 9 | S 8 | S 8 | SSW 8 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 7 | NNE 8 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 |
58 | 58 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | W 5 | SSW 10 | S 10 | SE 10 | NE 4 | — | S 12 | S 12 | S 8 | S 8 | S 11 | E 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 7 | N 6 |
— | 2 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 3 | — | — | NNE 3 | NE 3 | NE 4 | NE 5 | WNW 3 | W 4 | W 4 | W 4 | WNW 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 5 |
1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 33 | 33 | 28 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 44 | 37 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 28 | 51 | 56 | 98 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 50 | 50 | 68 | 35 | 41 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 35 | 120 | 68 | 102 |
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