Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 06 May 2026 AEST
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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
23.0° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 3AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm May 06). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 May)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (07 May)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (07 May)6ft (1.9m)7s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Wed night, strong winds from the WSW by Thu afternoon).

Wed
6
Thursday
7
Friday
8
Saturday
9
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
1 PM
4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
2
!
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3
4
3
2
4
4
4
!
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
10
1.1
E
10
1
E
10
1.7
SSW
7
2
SSW
8
3
SSW
10
3
S
11
3
S
12
3
S
12
2.4
S
11
2.1
S
11
2.2
S
10
2.4
S
10
2.5
S
12
2.5
S
11
2.5
S
11
3
S
12
3
S
12
3
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
452
394
400
339
279
234
230
186
277
439
1736
2118
2398
2128
1369
991
961
1170
1738
1567
1636
2140
2773
2304
Wind (km/h)
20
NE
15
N
15
NNW
30
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
45
WSW
40
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
30
W
30
W
35
W
35
W
20
W
15
SSW
25
SW
20
W
25
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
S
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:12PM1.61m
12:08PM1.07m
11:55PM1.55m
1:09PM1.06m
00:45AM1.50m
2:17PM1.09m
Low Tide
4:31PM0.65m
6:17AM0.48m
5:15PM0.72m
7:09AM0.50m
6:10PM0.78m
8:03AM0.51m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:26
6:28
6:28
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5:07
5:06
5:05
Temp °C
20
18
17
16
14
16
19
17
15
13
11
9
9
12
17
20
20
17
14
13
13
14
17
19
18
16
15
10
6
9
11
6
5
5
4
1
1
3
9
15
16
12
9
8
8
10
13
15
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
10
1.1
E
10
1
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
2.5
SSW
10
3
S
11
3
S
12
3
S
12
2.4
S
11
2.1
S
11
1.9
S
10
2.1
S
10
2.5
S
12
2.5
S
11
2.5
S
11
3
S
12
3
S
12
2.5
S
12
Energy kJ
452
394
400
339
279
234
230
186
148
117
1086
2118
2398
2128
1369
991
710
884
1738
1567
1636
2140
2140
1753
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
S
8
0.6
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.4
SSW
7
0.4
S
7
0.4
SSW
5
0.2
S
12
0.2
S
11
0.1
S
17
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
11
Energy kJ
61
40
26
15
14
9
11
10
6
90
92
70
71
77
82
83
59
58
58
58
59
61
62
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
S
14
0.3
S
13
0.2
S
13
0.2
S
13
0.2
S
13
0.2
S
12
0.1
S
17
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
9
0.1
NE
9
0.1
S
20
0.1
S
20
Energy kJ
33
32
14
13
12
12
6
4
3
3
8
8
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NE
3
0.6
NNE
4
0.3
WNW
2
0.7
W
4
0.7
WSW
4
1
WSW
4
1.6
SW
6
1.7
SSW
7
2
SSW
8
3
SSW
10
0.7
W
4
2.2
S
10
2.4
S
10
3
S
12
3
S
11
Energy kJ
2
10
1
12
15
32
161
277
439
1736
14
961
1170
2773
2304
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
Distance (km)
2
1
7
34
41
41
89
137
261
41
62
41
41
41
41
0
47
41
0
0
0
41
51
47
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
4
4
4
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
4
5
4
2
4
7
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
4
6
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
7
7
7
9
6
5
5
7
6
5
6
6
5
7
6
5
5
5
7
6
6
5
5
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