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Box Beach surf break

Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am 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
23.5° 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 8AM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)6ft (1.9m)7s
Afternoon (11 Jan)7ft (2.2m)8s
Evening (11 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.9
SSW
2
S
2.1
S
2.3
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
0.7
ENE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)88778888888877997779991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3152353424295106927367083922912031351271722141571381239369717489100
Wind
(km/h)
45
SW
45
SW
35
S
30
S
35
S
35
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
15
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
5
E
0
WNW
5
S
15
ESE
25
ENE
15
NE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		onononononglasscrossononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:16AM
1.37
2:53PM
1.20
4:09AM
1.40
3:49PM
1.10
5:03AM
1.45
5:00PM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:24AM
0.74
9:15PM
0.52
10:36AM
0.74
9:57PM
0.56
11:48AM
0.70
10:45PM
0.58
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise--5:54-------5:54-------5:56-----
Sunset------8:02-------8:01-------8:01-
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------12123----1---------
Temp. °C212121212121201817181920212222222222222324242424
Feels °C (?)161517181616161515171920212121212324252525232523
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