Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 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
22.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 6AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (02 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


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Wed
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.2
SSE
1.1
S
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)1514141312121177556677777666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)209142138121746663678251491047056575844497614614610891132
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
5
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
SSW
15
S
20
S
10
S
0
NNW
5
SSW
10
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:12PM
1.66
9:23AM
1.62
9:46PM
1.69
9:59AM
1.54
10:19PM
1.70
10:33AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
0.34
3:31PM
0.30
3:58AM
0.35
4:00PM
0.35
4:38AM
0.39
4:29PM
0.40
Wed
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise----7:03-------7:03-------7:03---
Sunset-------6:45-------6:45-------6:44
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------111311-
Temp. °C222120201920222322212120192021222222212021212121
Feels °C (?)202019201922202020202020202121212325222018181717
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