Butterbox surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 02 Jul 2025 AEST
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Butterbox surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Butterbox sea temperature is
19.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Butterbox today?

The current surf forecast for Butterbox at 4PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 3.0m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jul)--
Afternoon (02 Jul)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (02 Jul)11ft (3.5m)10s

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

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Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
E
2.5
E
4
S
3.5
S
4.5
S
5
S
5
SSE
4
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.9
NNE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)1212910101112111010101010111010101010999999999888888810101088999999999105101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)41343259390136384915729983475017488561474701415745194844208016831508121994976765960855451241038829327422020215415012011711691898757575654838274708656347194484861343334518262
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
35
WSW
45
WSW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
SW
5
ESE
5
NE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
25
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
25
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
0
SSE
10
NW
15
NW
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
offoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
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
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:55PM
1.16
1:35AM
1.12
2:45PM
1.21
2:32AM
1.02
3:34PM
1.26
3:35AM
0.95
4:21PM
1.31
4:38AM
0.93
5:07PM
1.37
5:37AM
0.93
5:51PM
1.43
6:29AM
0.95
6:34PM
1.49
7:16AM
0.98
7:15PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:48PM
0.57
8:03AM
0.35
8:57PM
0.57
8:44AM
0.39
10:06PM
0.54
9:29AM
0.43
11:07PM
0.48
10:16AM
0.45
11:59PM
0.41
11:04AM
0.45
12:45AM
0.34
11:51AM
0.43
1:28AM
0.27
12:36PM
0.41
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Sunrise-------7:00-------7:00-------7:00------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-----
Sunset-4:57-------4:57-------4:57-------4:58-------4:58-------4:59-------4:59-------5:00--
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Rain (mm)
2325112------------------------------------------------------
Temp. °C161414141414131416161412121111131515151413111012151616151515141518181615141311131616141211101012141715151613121315161413
Feels °C (?)986777671011967671013131312118710131413121213121315151312111067101098655781198108781114119
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