Box Beach Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (32.74° S 152.19° E)

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Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 28 May 2026 AEST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 21.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Box Beach today (28 May):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 May, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 11s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 May, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 11s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 9PM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 May)	-	-
Afternoon (28 May)	6ft (1.9m)	11s
Evening (28 May)	6.5ft (2.0m)	11s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 75mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Thu night, strong winds from the SW by Fri afternoon).
	Thu 28				Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sun 31
	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	E 11	ESE 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SSW 8	S 8	SSW 8	E 10	E 10	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	743	813	819	1051	882	896	694	682	625	976	800	807	434	379	297	311	334	349	357	342	245	210	210	169
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide			6:32PM1.67m				6:47AM1.27m					7:08PM1.73m				7:29AM1.24m				7:44PM1.77m				8:10AM1.21m
Low Tide	11:55AM0.45m					1:01AM0.48m			12:30PM0.45m					1:44AM0.43m				1:05PM0.45m				2:25AM0.39m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—
	—	4:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	4:52
mm	1	5	8	20	5	3	1	3	18	11	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	20	19	19	20	20	19	19	18	19	19	17	15	14	14	15	17	19	16	16	15	14	14	16
Feels °C	20	18	16	14	19	19	18	17	14	13	15	13	8	6	6	7	10	12	10	10	10	10	9	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	S 8	S 8	S 16	SSE 8	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8
kJ	743	35	22	46	20	710	694	682	625	567	567	587	427	329	297	311	334	349	357	342	245	210	210	169
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 11	—	S 17	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	35	23	21	46	20	41	36	57	21	—	5	502	434	379	284	239	233	192	153	149	153	156	156	123
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 17	S 11	S 11	S 12	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 11	S 14	—	—	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	N 8	N 8	NE 8	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	17	22	3	10	11	19	19	21	16	—	—	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	1	1	3	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 11	E 11	ESE 11	E 10	E 10	—	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 8	S 8	SSW 8	W 4	WSW 4	W 4	W 4	W 4	W 4	WSW 4	W 4	W 4	W 4	W 3	W 3
kJ	—	813	819	1051	882	896	—	118	557	976	800	807	12	28	28	27	20	10	19	14	19	7	3	3
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Newcastle -The Harbour NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Tuncurry-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Tuncurry-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Yacaaba Head-Boulders NSW - Port Macquarie	Little Gibber - Dark Point NSW - Newcastle	Back Bommie NSW - Port Macquarie	Seal Rocks NSW - Port Macquarie	Forster Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Tuncurry-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Leggy Point NSW - Newcastle	Zenith Beach NSW - Newcastle	Newcastle - Stratts Spit NSW - Newcastle	Newcastle - Stratts Spit NSW - Newcastle	Newcastle - Stratts Spit NSW - Newcastle	Stockton Beach NSW - Newcastle	Newcastle - Stratts Spit NSW - Newcastle	Stockton Beach NSW - Newcastle	Hawks Nest-Mungo Brush NSW - Port Macquarie	Newcastle - Stratts Spit NSW - Newcastle	Hawks Nest-Mungo Brush NSW - Port Macquarie	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Newcastle - Stratts Spit NSW - Newcastle
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	41	83	70	70	34	17	34	47	68	70	51	1	41	41	41	41	41	41	35	41	35	0	0	41
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle	JD Reef	Backdoor 4	Backdoor 4			Little Gibber - Dark Point	Newcastle -The Harbour				Macmasters Point	Forresters	Crackneck	Umina Point	Macmasters Point	Copacobana Point	Copacobana Point	Wamberal Beach	Caves Point	Forresters	Forresters	Umina Point	Umina Point	Wamberal Beach
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3			4	2				4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	8	9	8	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	8	7	7

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