Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 27 Feb 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
23.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 9PM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)--
Afternoon (27 Feb)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (27 Feb)6ft (1.8m)7s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SE
2
ESE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
ENE
1.5
ESE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)777777778877888888899898
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)362394292261168135139147153256147134160164145131120120120129199154228127
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
30
E
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:45PM
1.21
6:47AM
1.80
7:39PM
1.31
7:40AM
1.86
8:25PM
1.40
8:28AM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:43PM
0.35
12:08AM
0.53
1:36PM
0.25
1:10AM
0.45
2:22PM
0.19
2:03AM
0.38
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise------6:37-------6:39-------6:39-
Sunset-7:30-------7:28-------7:27------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
442222211---------------
Temp. °C232323232322232324232323232323232323232323222223
Feels °C (?)212121222322232222212121222223232322222322222323
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