Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
23.1° 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 9AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.7
S
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)91099991299999910109999109989
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2102191982432492061371651651621021061098987838010390159169194184132
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
SW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
NNE
20
N
15
N
10
NW
15
WNW
20
W
10
SW
15
E
20
NE
25
NNE
15
N
15
W
25
WSW
25
SW
25
S
25
SE
15
E
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:27PM
1.65
10:45AM
1.23
11:03PM
1.60
11:26AM
1.13
11:42PM
1.54
12:16PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:00AM
0.50
4:27PM
0.54
5:47AM
0.55
4:59PM
0.62
6:40AM
0.60
5:38PM
0.70
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise--6:05-------6:05-------6:07-----
Sunset-----5:40-------5:39-------5:38--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191816181919191918171724272724242221202222222222
Feels °C (?)171714171818181616151421252522212019172020202323
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