Box Head surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 14 Oct 2025 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
20.8° C
(Which is 2.1°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 8AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 14). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Oct)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (14 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (14 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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

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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)910101010109988889988876917171717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48145244336330726221114614311182951261268246358766224923
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
S
15
ESE
20
ENE
15
NE
5
N
0
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NNE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglassglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:37AM
0.58
3:48PM
0.98
5:07AM
0.60
5:06PM
0.96
6:13AM
0.67
6:11PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:54AM
0.25
10:53PM
0.14
10:09AM
0.27
11:58PM
0.13
11:26AM
0.26
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise--6:15-------6:13-------6:13-----
Sunset-----7:06-------7:06-------7:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131213202323191816141521232118181716162225251919
Feels °C (?)121011182020181714121320201817191917172222231818
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Box Head (calm at Gosford Automatic Weather Station 12 km from Box Head). 1.3m 10s swell from the S to make surfable waves.

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