Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
21.6° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Crabbs Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Crabbs Creek at 7AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (20 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (20 Nov)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)14888877766777777712111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)372942041381071046881160239212230293307233298233268242237233233233229
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
NNW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:00AM
1.48
9:26PM
1.04
9:34AM
1.49
10:06PM
1.01
10:08AM
1.49
10:47PM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:23AM
0.34
3:39PM
0.28
2:57AM
0.36
4:18PM
0.26
3:31AM
0.39
4:58PM
0.25
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise--5:41-------5:39-------5:39-----
Sunset-----7:36-------7:37-------7:37--
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
heavy rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
------11--1111111-----1-1
Temp. °C191820222221192018181819191919191919191920202020
Feels °C (?)181719222120191814151617161617171717171719191919
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