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Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 20 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 10AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (20 Nov)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (20 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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
1
0
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
1.7
NE
1.9
NE
1.6
NE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
1.7
NE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.3
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.7
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.7
SE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
Period(s) (?)777777777677777777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)295375269114811122619979119208218270340369312276250247237233246261226
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNE
20
N
10
N
10
S
20
E
20
NE
35
SSE
10
W
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		offcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:58AM
1.75
9:22PM
1.25
9:33AM
1.77
10:03PM
1.21
10:09AM
1.76
10:46PM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:22AM
0.44
3:35PM
0.40
2:56AM
0.45
4:16PM
0.37
3:31AM
0.49
4:58PM
0.36
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise--5:39-------5:39-------5:37-----
Sunset-----7:34-------7:34-------7:35--
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
mod rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191820212223202020191919201920202020202020202020
Feels °C (?)151620212021162117161617171516181818181818181820
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