Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 03 Apr 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
22.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 10AM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.4
SSE
0.7
E
1.2
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
SSE
2.4
SE
2
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.3
E
1.8
ESE
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)7777137567777777788898899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)65455757574571165236208206274341355293612462345266258422235270252
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
SSW
20
S
25
S
35
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
30
S
30
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:59AM
1.54
10:19PM
1.70
10:33AM
1.44
10:53PM
1.69
11:08AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:58AM
0.35
4:00PM
0.35
4:38AM
0.39
4:29PM
0.40
5:18AM
0.44
4:57PM
0.47
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise--7:03-------7:03-------7:05-----
Sunset-----6:45-------6:44-------6:42--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------122-1--131--1---1
Temp. °C212019202122212121212121212120202020202020201919
Feels °C (?)212120202020181718181817161716141515161616171717
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