Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 27 Dec 2025 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
22.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 8AM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am December 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Dec)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (27 Dec)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (27 Dec)6ft (1.9m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
2
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
2
S
2.2
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.3
SE
Period(s) (?)1110101010101010101010101010101099999998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)97490269661059860061279297610601203117910701079910826721639567510436270225256
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:17AM
1.31
2:05PM
1.50
3:12AM
1.39
3:06PM
1.41
4:12AM
1.49
4:17PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:59AM
0.66
8:46PM
0.40
9:10AM
0.65
9:37PM
0.42
10:28AM
0.61
10:31PM
0.44
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Sunrise--5:41-------5:43-------5:43-----
Sunset------8:00-------8:00-------8:00-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181718181818181818181819202020191918181919191919
Feels °C (?)141314131413131413121214151515151616161616171718
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