Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 25 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
23.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 7PM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (25 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (25 Mar)6ft (1.9m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
1
0
2
3
2
2
1
1
0
!
0
0
!
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.1
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.1
ESE
3
SW
4
SSW
5
SSW
6.5
SSW
6.5
S
Period(s) (?)99101012121212121212121211111111111089121414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3804054325208791214143914011392136713691369132310648216455614152701033229560661613914757
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
SW
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
N
5
N
10
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
20
ENE
30
NE
30
SW
30
W
25
WNW
35
W
35
WNW
45
W
50
WNW
55
WSW
65
SW
50
SW
45
SW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:33PM
1.16
2:52AM
1.66
4:06PM
1.14
4:11AM
1.66
5:30PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:40AM
0.46
8:07PM
0.62
10:04AM
0.45
9:26PM
0.66
11:19AM
0.40
10:49PM
0.63
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise6:56-------6:58-------6:58-------
Sunset---6:57-------6:54-------6:53----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1121----11--
Temp. °C192122232221202019242424231919181715141717161614
Feels °C (?)19222223222121201924222119161613105464676
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