Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 09 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
22.0° C
(Which is 1.0°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 11AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)910109999151414141313131313713131313141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111117117108103103106126163213201187201181173176287176173263276372453456
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
N
15
E
25
ENE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
5
NNW
15
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
15
N
20
NNE
15
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
S
25
SSE
15
SE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:28AM
1.49
1:24PM
1.00
1:24AM
1.45
2:54PM
1.01
2:30AM
1.43
4:14PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:43AM
0.62
6:32PM
0.77
8:53AM
0.61
7:45PM
0.81
9:55AM
0.56
9:07PM
0.80
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise--6:07-------6:07-------6:09-----
Sunset-----5:37-------5:36-------5:35--
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222020222324232322212124262627272423222223222121
Feels °C (?)252221242322202121202024262426262222191820181820
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