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Box Head Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
Box Head surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 15 Aug 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Box Head today?
The current surf forecast for Box Head at 3AM is: 0.3m 3s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 15). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Aug) | 1ft (0.3m) | 3s |
| Afternoon (16 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 3s |
| Evening (16 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 4s |
Table - waves today at Box Head. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Fri 15 | Saturday 16 | Sunday 17 | Monday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 1 PM | 4 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 66 | 139 | 683 | 737 | 231 | 159 | 146 | 158 | 158 | 194 | 379 | 684 | 640 | 727 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:26AM 0.75 | 2:11PM 0.96 | 2:38AM 0.66 | 3:28PM 0.99 | 4:09AM 0.61 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:36PM 0.17 | 7:35AM 0.15 | 8:50PM 0.20 | 8:30AM 0.18 | 10:16PM 0.21 | 9:34AM 0.20 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fri 15 | Saturday 16 | Sunday 17 | Monday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:30 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:25 |
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Rain (mm) | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Feels °C (?) | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle
Continuing clean conditions at Box Head (calm at Gosford Automatic Weather Station 12 km from Box Head). No surfable waves
2 h 9 min ago
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