The Box Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.19° S 173.05° E

The Box 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Box sea temperature is
15.2° C
0.1° 

The Box surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at The Box today (04 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Box at 4PM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)11ft (3.5m)16s
Afternoon (04 Aug)11ft (3.5m)16s
Evening (04 Aug)11ft (3.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Tue afternoon, calm by Thu morning).

Tue
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
3
4
4
3
4
4
3
2
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SSW
15
3.5
SSW
14
3
SSW
14
3
SSW
14
2.5
SW
14
2.3
SW
14
2.1
SW
13
1.9
SW
13
1.8
SW
13
1.6
SW
13
1.6
SW
13
1.5
SW
13
1.4
SW
12
1.3
SW
12
1.1
SW
12
1.1
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5819
3482
5869
5998
6045
5371
4531
4170
3709
2471
1970
1430
1223
1127
878
796
700
580
463
361
355
Wind (km/h)
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
30
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
NE
0
NNE
5
SW
5
SSE
5
ENE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
High Tide
1:00PM3.29m
1:15AM3.36m
1:43PM3.18m
2:02AM3.21m
2:35PM3.06m
Low Tide
6:57AM0.62m
7:14PM0.75m
7:39AM0.72m
8:01PM0.91m
8:26AM0.86m
8:57PM1.05m
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:20
7:18
7:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:46
5:47
5:49
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
14
14
14
11
10
8
8
9
11
10
9
8
8
8
8
9
10
10
9
Feels °C
9
8
8
7
7
4
4
2
2
3
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
7
8
8
7
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