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Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
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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 slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at Crabbs Creek today?
The current surf forecast for Crabbs Creek at 6AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm May 06). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (07 May) | 4ft (1.2m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (07 May) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 10s |
| Evening (07 May) | 7ft (2.2m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Crabbs Creek. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Thu morning, light winds from the WSW by Sat morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 6 | Thursday 7 | Friday 8 | Saturday 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
E 10 | E 10 | ENE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | SSW 6 | SSW 9 | S 10 | S 11 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | |
458 | 400 | 410 | 400 | 339 | 284 | 240 | 196 | 231 | 708 | 1803 | 1969 | 2104 | 1512 | 974 | 986 | 687 | 1324 | 1468 | 2157 | 2897 | 1959 | 1695 | 1862 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross | cross | |
High Tide | 11:13PM1.33m | 12:11PM0.89m | 11:55PM1.29m | 1:06PM0.90m | 00:44AM1.26m | 2:06PM0.94m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:37PM0.51m | 6:17AM0.34m | 5:23PM0.57m | 7:05AM0.36m | 6:19PM0.61m | 7:54AM0.36m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:07 | |
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Temp °C | 19 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 18 |
18 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 15 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 10 | ENE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | S 11 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | E 11 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 |
458 | 400 | 410 | 400 | 339 | 284 | 240 | 196 | 151 | 120 | 92 | 1969 | 2104 | 1512 | 974 | 710 | 59 | 1324 | 1468 | 1342 | 1817 | 1959 | 1695 | 1344 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 6 | S 6 | S 5 | S 11 | S 17 | S 17 | S 16 | — | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 11 | N 9 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 |
38 | 34 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | — | 92 | 70 | 71 | 77 | 83 | 2 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 61 | 62 | 62 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | NW 4 | N 10 | S 11 | N 10 | — | — | — | — | — | N 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
32 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NNE 3 | N 4 | W 3 | WSW 3 | W 3 | SW 4 | SW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 9 | S 10 | — | — | — | — | S 10 | S 10 | — | — | S 11 | S 12 | — | — | S 11 |
— | 3 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 118 | 231 | 708 | 1803 | — | — | — | — | 986 | 687 | — | — | 2157 | 2897 | — | — | 1862 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 147 | 146 | 261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 68 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
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