Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 18 Dec 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
21.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 8AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am December 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (18 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (18 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.5
ENE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
1.5
NE
1.5
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)11111111115667777777777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19515115111411213317614915921924784818110619520688755353436471
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
E
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
5
NW
15
N
20
S
15
SW
10
SSE
20
ENE
20
NNE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:55AM
1.69
8:21PM
1.15
8:32AM
1.74
9:06PM
1.15
9:10AM
1.78
9:50PM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:07AM
0.49
2:40PM
0.45
1:47AM
0.49
3:21PM
0.38
2:28AM
0.49
4:01PM
0.32
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise--5:37-------5:37-------5:39-----
Sunset-----7:55-------7:57-------7:57--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181718222324242422222328252630272725242424252625
Feels °C (?)151516201919202120212226232427262724232525242524
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