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Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 15 Jan 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
22.4° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 6AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)6ft (1.9m)7s
Afternoon (16 Jan)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (16 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s

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

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Thu
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
2
4
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ENE
1.8
NE
1.9
NE
1.6
NE
1.9
NE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2
S
1.7
S
1.4
E
1.9
ESE
2.5
E
3
ESE
3.5
E
3.5
E
3
E
3
E
Period(s) (?)67777777811101010109999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)254286323254371153143147151466132518141976152764645229055497712151809180915071312
Wind
(km/h)
35
NE
35
NNE
25
NNE
15
N
10
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
40
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
25
SSE
25
SE
25
ESE
30
E
30
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
E
35
E
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:14PM
1.05
7:25AM
1.65
8:05PM
1.09
8:06AM
1.71
8:50PM
1.14
8:46AM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:29AM
0.56
2:21PM
0.44
1:19AM
0.54
2:59PM
0.35
2:06AM
0.52
3:36PM
0.28
Thu
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise----5:58-------5:58-------6:00---
Sunset8:01-------8:01-------8:01-------
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
5-11111------43424436882
Temp. °C222120202021232322222223232323232222222222212122
Feels °C (?)191818202120232024232322222221201817181818171718
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