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Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 17 Jan 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
22.5° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 8AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (17 Jan)8ft (2.4m)10s
Evening (17 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.4
S
1.9
SSE
2.4
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3
ESE
3
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3
ESE
3.5
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
1.9
SSE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)7711111010999999999998988999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)827445777811591520154213411484168915491741193717951351165614491163528848850465465404
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
25
WSW
15
W
15
SSE
15
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
E
30
ESE
40
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffcross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:06AM
1.71
8:50PM
1.14
8:46AM
1.76
9:31PM
1.19
9:24AM
1.79
10:09PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:19AM
0.54
2:59PM
0.35
2:06AM
0.52
3:36PM
0.28
2:50AM
0.50
4:12PM
0.24
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise--5:58-------6:00-------6:01-----
Sunset------8:01-------8:00-------8:00-
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----112667475244332421--
Temp. °C211920222323222222222222202122222121212122222221
Feels °C (?)191720222322202021212019151818181818181819191918
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