Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 16 Feb 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
23.7° 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: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (16 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (16 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
1.2
ENE
1.8
ENE
0.3
S
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1.1
SSE
0.6
SE
1.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)121111777777676676661010994106
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)97878489919171717451691191979136976251575252387680
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
ENE
20
E
30
ENE
35
NE
15
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:16AM
1.40
8:57PM
1.05
8:55AM
1.45
9:33PM
1.13
9:35AM
1.47
10:09PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:55PM
0.10
2:29AM
0.25
3:30PM
0.06
3:13AM
0.20
4:04PM
0.05
3:57AM
0.18
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
Sunrise6:28-------6:30-------6:31-------
Sunset---7:44-------7:43-------7:42----
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
211---------------------
Temp. °C212222222121211818212323232120202331342623232222
Feels °C (?)202020202021211819212120202120202229332523252324
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