The Box Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.19° S 173.05° E

The Box 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 07 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Box sea temperature is
15.0° C
0.2° 

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 (07 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Box at 1PM is: 0.4m 19s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (07 Aug)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (07 Aug)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat afternoon, min 9°C on Fri morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Friday
7
Saturday
8
Sunday
9
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
1
1
1
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SW
11
0.9
SW
11
0.8
SW
11
0.4
SW
19
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.6
SW
13
0.6
SW
13
0.6
SW
13
0.5
SW
18
0.6
SW
18
0.7
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
1.2
SW
17
2
NW
10
1.3
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.7
NW
10
1.4
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
255
182
147
125
134
128
130
127
181
144
111
117
162
208
307
366
510
851
708
763
1062
536
773
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
N
25
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
N
35
N
20
NW
5
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
3:00AM3.06m
3:43PM2.96m
4:16AM2.96m
5:16PM2.97m
5:46AM2.98m
6:39PM3.15m
Low Tide
9:23AM1.00m
10:06PM1.16m
10:40AM1.09m
11:34PM1.14m
12:12PM1.03m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:16
7:16
7:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:50
5:50
5:51
 mm
3
2
7
4
1
Temp °C
9
9
9
10
11
11
11
11
12
13
13
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
14
15
14
14
14
Feels °C
7
7
7
8
9
9
9
8
8
9
8
8
9
10
10
10
10
12
11
10
9
11
14
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