Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 22 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
22.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Crabbs Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Crabbs Creek at 11PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 22). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)--
Afternoon (22 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (22 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
2.5
SE
2.5
SSE
1.8
SE
1.9
S
1.9
S
2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)1111881099101010109999999999101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)543543782956625550575715818711614517451388333333276232189189249343521427
Wind
(km/h)
40
S
35
SSE
30
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
10
ENE
20
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
25
NE
10
NE
0
NNE
10
NW
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:16AM
1.45
11:58PM
1.15
11:58AM
1.37
12:40AM
1.18
12:44PM
1.27
1:28AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:53PM
0.10
5:46AM
0.30
6:31PM
0.15
6:38AM
0.33
7:12PM
0.21
7:38AM
0.37
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise------6:05-------6:07-------6:07-
Sunset--8:02-------8:01-------8:01-----
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222020201919202021212020201919212323222121202024
Feels °C (?)171515161516171819191719191920212220192023232226
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