Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 01 Apr 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
22.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 4PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
1
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)1616161515141413712117777777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18818317630220914213812399666486898668634543574444494551
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
5
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
5
N
5
SW
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossglassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:45AM
1.69
9:12PM
1.66
9:23AM
1.62
9:46PM
1.69
9:59AM
1.54
10:19PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:59PM
0.27
3:18AM
0.34
3:31PM
0.30
3:58AM
0.35
4:00PM
0.35
4:38AM
0.39
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise7:01-------7:03-------7:03-------
Sunset---6:46-------6:45-------6:45----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------112
Temp. °C202122222221202019212222222121191820202222212121
Feels °C (?)202120181919191918211918192020191821192222232321
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