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Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 11 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
23.2° 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 3AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (12 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (12 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
S
2.2
SSE
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.1
E
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)88888889978777777101088888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7196143392472081381602391982122232141431111017413010096947386111205
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
30
SE
20
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
5
ENE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
ENE
20
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
25
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:09AM
1.40
3:49PM
1.10
5:03AM
1.45
5:00PM
1.04
5:55AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:15PM
0.52
10:36AM
0.74
9:57PM
0.56
11:48AM
0.70
10:45PM
0.58
12:49PM
0.63
Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise----5:54-------5:56-------5:56---
Sunset8:02-------8:01-------8:01-------
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
2382-1--1----1----------
Temp. °C211917181920212222222121222223232322222223232323
Feels °C (?)171615181921212121202022232222222221222323222221
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