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Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
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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
20.9° 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 8PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (26 May) | 8ft (2.5m) | 12s |
| Evening (26 May) | 10ft (3.0m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Box Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 55mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 17°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 26 | Wednesday 27 | Thursday 28 | Fri 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | ENE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | |
2221 | 2084 | 2297 | 1952 | 1684 | 1595 | 1436 | 1436 | 1308 | 1266 | 1129 | 1111 | 986 | 855 | 811 | 769 | 1246 | 1107 | 900 | 901 | 1103 | 650 | 623 | 544 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | off | cross | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | off | off | off | |
High Tide | 5:14PM1.51m | 5:15AM1.35m | 5:54PM1.60m | 6:03AM1.31m | 6:32PM1.67m | 6:47AM1.27m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:40AM0.43m | 11:23PM0.59m | 11:19AM0.44m | 00:14AM0.53m | 11:55AM0.45m | 1:01AM0.48m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | |
— | 4:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | — | — | — | 4:53 | |
3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | — | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Temp °C | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 |
18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 14 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 12 | S 12 | S 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | S 8 | S 8 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 |
1599 | 44 | 42 | 1952 | 1684 | 1595 | 1436 | 1436 | 1308 | 1266 | 1129 | 1111 | 986 | 855 | 811 | 769 | 826 | 915 | 22 | 21 | 873 | 650 | 623 | 544 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 12 | S 18 | SSW 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | S 16 | S 16 | S 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 |
47 | 6 | 46 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 41 | 40 | 38 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 46 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 11 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 18 | — | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 15 | S 15 | S 14 | S 17 | S 11 | S 11 | S 16 | S 16 | S 11 | S 11 |
6 | — | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 43 | 10 | 21 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | NE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | ENE 10 | W 2 | WNW 3 | W 3 |
2221 | 2084 | 2297 | 128 | 154 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1246 | 1107 | 900 | 901 | 1103 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 12 | 94 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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