Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 18 Mar 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
21.7° C
(Which is 2.0°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 11AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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


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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.7
S
0.4
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSE
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)1111101066666689796886886666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5655321237494947662392239267843452824222224302230
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
20
S
20
SE
20
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
10
SSE
5
SE
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
W
5
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
0
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglassoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
1.73
9:07PM
1.55
9:15AM
1.73
9:44PM
1.64
9:56AM
1.70
10:22PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:17AM
0.45
2:58PM
0.26
3:01AM
0.37
3:32PM
0.25
3:46AM
0.32
4:08PM
0.27
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise--6:52-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset-----7:06-------7:04-------7:02--
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1----1234211---------
Temp. °C242424242323232323222221212020191919191920212222
Feels °C (?)252424242222232425242322222121202120202122222324
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