Box Head surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 27 Feb 2026 AEDT
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Box Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Box Head sea temperature is
24.8° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Box Head today?

The current surf forecast for Box Head at 9PM is: 0.1m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 27). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)--
Afternoon (27 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)16s
Evening (27 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)16s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
Period(s) (?)1616168816169888988888813131181110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)555005565556555555332122
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:08PM
0.66
7:22AM
1.13
8:01PM
0.73
8:14AM
1.16
8:47PM
0.81
9:01AM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
0.14
12:26AM
0.19
2:12PM
0.09
1:33AM
0.15
2:57PM
0.06
2:31AM
0.11
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise------6:41-------6:41-------6:41-
Sunset-7:34-------7:31-------7:30------
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
41----11111-------------
Temp. °C222222222121222223232222212121242423222221212124
Feels °C (?)212122222221222122232322212222242423232422242325
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