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Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 15 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Crabbs Creek surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Crabbs Creek sea temperature is
23.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crabbs Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Crabbs Creek at 5AM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 15). An open ocean swell of 2.1m 7s 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 (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (16 Jan)6ft (1.8m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thu
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
0.2
S
1.7
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.8
S
2.5
S
3.5
SSE
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
2.5
S
1.9
SE
2.1
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
3.5
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3
E
Period(s) (?)771378888610101110109111110999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)38047114310226214186151206132021273289334721841098846101694396912021849206020301528
Wind
(km/h)
40
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NW
15
SW
10
WSW
25
SSW
35
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:19PM
0.82
7:25AM
1.32
8:05PM
0.86
8:04AM
1.38
8:46PM
0.92
8:42AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:29AM
0.39
2:18PM
0.27
1:16AM
0.36
2:54PM
0.19
2:02AM
0.33
3:30PM
0.13
Thu
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise----6:00-------6:00-------6:01---
Sunset8:05-------8:05-------8:04-------
rain showers
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thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
Rain (mm)
711111-----114565545341531
Temp. °C212020192022242322222222222323222121212119202221
Feels °C (?)171921202023232021212020202221191717181916171917
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