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Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 12 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
22.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Box Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 8PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

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

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.1
E
1.2
E
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
1
E
1
E
1.2
ENE
1
E
1.4
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)8999999987810101010977555588
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16024423418915312588847812616010096949061991006352843591100
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
15
ESE
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
15
ENE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		onononcross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:49PM
1.10
5:03AM
1.45
5:00PM
1.04
5:55AM
1.51
6:13PM
1.02
6:42AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:57PM
0.56
11:48AM
0.70
10:45PM
0.58
12:49PM
0.63
11:37PM
0.58
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise------5:56-------5:56-------5:56-
Sunset--8:01-------8:01-------8:01-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------131----
Temp. °C212222222222222223232323232223232323222122222324
Feels °C (?)202120202122232223212123232222222121221921212323
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