Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 26 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
22.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 9AM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 3.0m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am December 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Dec)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (26 Dec)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (26 Dec)8ft (2.5m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
1
1
3
2
3
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
Period(s) (?)121211111111101111101010101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2582250225282496203219261464116810699027696105335356127108849701109108710921013910826
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
35
S
25
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SW
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:26AM
1.25
1:11PM
1.59
2:17AM
1.31
2:05PM
1.50
3:12AM
1.39
3:06PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:56AM
0.65
8:00PM
0.36
7:59AM
0.66
8:46PM
0.40
9:10AM
0.65
9:37PM
0.42
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Sunrise--5:41-------5:41-------5:43-----
Sunset------8:00-------8:00-------8:00-
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--11--------------------
Temp. °C171716171717181818171718181818181818181919202019
Feels °C (?)121311121110131414141414131314141212121414151515
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