Box Beach Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (32.74° S 152.19° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 25 May 2026 AEST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 21.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 2PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am May 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (25 May)	8ft (2.5m)	11s
Afternoon (25 May)	8ft (2.5m)	12s
Evening (25 May)	8ft (2.4m)	12s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 32mm), heaviest during Wed morning. Warm (max 21°C on Wed afternoon, min 18°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Monday 25						Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thu 28
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12
Wave Graph
kJ	1685	1715	1733	1660	1530	1557	1455	1472	1472	1472	2049	1920	2335	1797	1827	1712	1712	1572	1595	1459	1389	1245	1225	1074
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide					4:28PM1.42m				4:20AM1.41m				5:14PM1.51m				5:15AM1.35m				5:54PM1.60m
Low Tide		9:56AM0.40m					10:23PM0.64m				10:40AM0.43m				11:23PM0.59m				11:19AM0.44m				00:14AM0.53m


	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41
	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:53	—	—	—	4:53
mm	1	2	2	1	1	—	—	—	1	1	1	2	3	3	1	3	3	4	1	—	1	1	1	—
Temp °C	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	20	21	20	20	20	20
Feels °C	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	17	16	16	16	17	16	17	17	18	19	19	18	18	19	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	S 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12
kJ	1685	1715	1733	1660	1530	1557	1455	1472	1472	1472	1599	44	1952	1797	1827	1712	1712	1572	1595	1459	1389	1245	1225	1074
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 18	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	S 9
kJ	9	6	22	46	43	69	103	92	55	51	47	6	42	22	21	21	20	9	8	8	18	32	31	44
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	S 18	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 20	S 20	S 19	—	—	—	—	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16
kJ	—	6	9	8	2	2	2	8	8	7	—	—	—	—	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 12	E 12	E 12	NE 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2049	1920	2335	64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	2	2	53	17	17	2	34	12	1	2	128	209	12	12	12	2	1	1	12	83	86	157	2	17
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle	Forresters	Crackneck	Forresters	Umina Point	Umina Point	Copacobana Point	Copacobana Point	Umina Point	Copacobana Point	Little Gibber - Dark Point			Umina Point	Umina Point	Frazer Park	Forresters	Forresters	Forresters	Forresters	Forresters	Pelican Beach		Little Gibber - Dark Point	Little Gibber - Dark Point
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4			5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4		4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	8	9	9	9	9	5	6	6	7	7	7	6	7

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