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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
21.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at Box Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 12AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (28 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (28 May) | 7ft (2.1m) | 12s |
| Evening (28 May) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Box Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 114mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 15°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, strong winds from the W by Fri night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 27 | Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | Sat 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | |
1308 | 1266 | 1129 | 1002 | 986 | 952 | 872 | 757 | 743 | 813 | 900 | 881 | 1046 | 800 | 635 | 625 | 544 | 544 | 555 | 567 | 557 | 443 | 394 | 364 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | off | glassy | glassy | on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | |
High Tide | 5:54PM1.60m | 6:03AM1.31m | 6:32PM1.67m | 6:47AM1.27m | 7:08PM1.73m | 7:29AM1.24m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:19AM0.44m | 00:14AM0.53m | 11:55AM0.45m | 1:01AM0.48m | 12:30PM0.45m | 1:44AM0.43m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | |
— | 4:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | — | — | — | 4:52 | |
— | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 10 | 40 | 20 | 1 | — | — | |
Temp °C | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
20 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | S 8 | S 8 |
1308 | 1266 | 1129 | 1002 | 986 | 952 | 872 | 757 | 743 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 800 | 635 | 625 | 544 | 544 | 555 | 567 | 557 | 443 | 287 | 364 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | S 17 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | S 8 | SSE 7 | SSW 6 | SSW 7 | SE 7 | S 16 | S 8 | E 10 | E 10 |
8 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 41 | 39 | 38 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 46 | 45 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 253 | 394 | 333 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 17 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 15 | S 15 | S 15 | S 11 | S 11 | S 12 | S 12 | S 16 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | S 11 | — | S 16 | S 15 | S 15 |
5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 9 | — | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | — | — | NE 7 | — | — | — | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | W 4 | W 5 | W 5 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 813 | 900 | 881 | 1046 | — | — | 111 | — | — | — | 146 | 443 | 41 | 51 | 51 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 148 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 68 | 127 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 |
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