Box Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.74° S 152.19° E

Issued: 10 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Box Beach sea temperature is

21.5°C

Box Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Box Beach today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 4PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	6s
Evening (05 Nov)	6ft (1.9m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 24°C on Sat morning, min 14°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Fri night, strong winds from the SSW by Sat night).
	Thursday 5						Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	SSW 6	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	NNE 6	S 7	S 7	E 9	E 9	SSE 7	S 7	S 8	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	32	33	150	170	303	555	765	798	548	505	390	309	223	146	93	90	70	51	40	42	62	467	728	1331
Wind (km/h)	W	SW	S	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	W	S	ESE	ENE	NNE	NNE	N	NW	WNW	SW	ENE	ENE	SSE	S	SSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	6:21AM1.50m				6:24PM1.56m				7:05AM1.60m				7:14PM1.52m				7:45AM1.69m				8:00PM1.47m
Low Tide			12:17PM0.53m				00:42AM0.35m				1:12PM0.46m				1:21AM0.36m					2:02PM0.40m			1:56AM0.37m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47
	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	7:22
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1
Temp °C	18	20	19	18	18	18	17	16	15	17	18	19	19	18	16	15	17	24	24	24	18	17	15	14
Feels °C	12	14	10	11	12	13	13	13	12	16	15	14	13	12	14	14	15	21	21	21	15	11	7	6
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	NE 5	ENE 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	32	33	34	34	40	40	583	567	548	505	390	309	223	146	93	72	70	51	35	24	19	48	43	44
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 5	S 10	NE 8	E 9	E 15	—	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 14	E 13	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 5	NE 6	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 5	S 18	S 17
kJ	9	2	2	2	4	—	39	25	25	25	25	4	4	24	24	18	16	26	40	42	42	10	6	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	NE 8	E 15	—	—	—	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	—	E 14	E 14	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 6	NE 6	S 16	S 19	S 18	S 18	S 17
kJ	5	2	4	—	—	—	4	4	4	4	4	4	—	4	4	26	26	13	9	5	7	6	24	23
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 3	SSW 5	SSW 6	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 9	—	—	—	ENE 9	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NNE 6	—	—	—	NE 3	SSE 7	S 7	S 8	S 9
kJ	5	44	150	170	303	555	765	798	—	—	—	25	19	35	29	90	—	—	—	9	62	467	728	1331
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	4	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	63	70	379	420	205	51	41	0	0	47	385	476	157	120	1	0	0	0	12	12	89	70	70	70
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Rating (10 max)	1					4	4	4	3	2				1	2	2	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	1	1	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	3	3	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5

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