Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 31 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
23.8° 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 2PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (31 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (31 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)7s

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

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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
3
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
SSE
2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)666677888811111111891011109881010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)136110110249486544566572364277772645494423132223713476320122401263688511917821
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
15
ENE
25
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
SE
15
SE
25
SSE
5
SE
40
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:49AM
1.52
8:37PM
1.00
8:39AM
1.57
9:23PM
1.07
9:26AM
1.58
10:05PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:40PM
0.08
2:03AM
0.25
3:25PM
0.03
2:57AM
0.20
4:06PM
0.00
3:47AM
0.17
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise6:13-------6:15-------6:16-------
Sunset---7:58-------7:57-------7:55----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------74231--------
Temp. °C212425252423222223262624232119181819202020202020
Feels °C (?)232424222223242326282724261713111011131415161718
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