Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 29 Mar 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
24.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 11AM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)13ft (4.0m)11s
Afternoon (29 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (29 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
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2
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
S
4
S
4
S
3
S
3
S
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)1212111111111010101010101099998888161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)49924592368224892116184114021153935800644508442367301257217173140125100243245301
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
SE
15
E
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:27AM
1.72
7:18PM
1.41
7:19AM
1.74
8:00PM
1.51
8:04AM
1.73
8:37PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:01AM
0.57
1:08PM
0.29
1:00AM
0.48
1:49PM
0.26
1:50AM
0.41
2:26PM
0.25
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise--7:00-------7:00-------7:01-----
Sunset-----6:51-------6:50-------6:49--
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111---------------------
Temp. °C201918192021212121202021212121212120202021222222
Feels °C (?)151514151619181820191919201919192019202020191920
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