Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 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
21.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 8PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)--
Afternoon (18 Nov)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (18 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
S
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.5
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
1
ENE
1.9
NE
2.1
NE
2
NE
1.6
NE
1.9
NE
1.1
NE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)988566677677878887776777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23014076538917061569327844041229739612911788845949170204239324
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
30
ENE
35
NE
35
NNE
30
NNE
15
N
5
NNW
10
E
35
ENE
45
NE
45
NNE
35
NNE
25
NNE
5
NW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
25
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:01PM
1.32
8:24AM
1.71
8:41PM
1.29
8:58AM
1.75
9:22PM
1.25
9:33AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:13PM
0.49
1:49AM
0.43
2:54PM
0.44
2:22AM
0.44
3:35PM
0.40
2:56AM
0.45
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sunrise------5:39-------5:39-------5:39-
Sunset-7:31-------7:32-------7:34------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------2--111
Temp. °C192020191816172022222121191920202122202020191919
Feels °C (?)141414131314171917161416162020202123202019151617
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