Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 17 Mar 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
24.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Crabbs Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Crabbs Creek at 11AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
ENE
0.4
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.6
S
0.4
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)661212121111111061010666668998668
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12011098976658565554323194434556592721525665415031
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
S
10
S
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:46AM
1.38
8:23PM
1.19
8:29AM
1.42
9:00PM
1.29
9:11AM
1.43
9:37PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:24AM
0.31
2:14PM
0.13
2:11AM
0.24
2:50PM
0.11
2:56AM
0.17
3:26PM
0.10
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise--6:52-------6:54-------6:54-----
Sunset-----7:08-------7:07-------7:07--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--------11--------1343-1
Temp. °C212020242827252423232323232322222221212222222121
Feels °C (?)212020242726232424242423232323232422222222212122
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