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Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 08 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
22.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Crabbs Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Crabbs Creek at 8AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Afternoon (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)14s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
0.7
NE
1.2
ENE
1.5
ENE
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
E
0.1
S
0.1
S
1.4
ENE
0.1
S
3
ENE
3
NE
0.1
E
2.5
NE
2.3
NE
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
2.5
NE
2.5
NE
Period(s) (?)55555614141414167157813881514141488
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)66556230591384444519158600400444400
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
NE
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNE
25
NE
30
NNE
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
1.12
12:42PM
1.34
1:33AM
1.13
1:27PM
1.20
2:23AM
1.13
2:14PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:33AM
0.36
7:21PM
0.18
7:28AM
0.42
8:01PM
0.24
8:26AM
0.47
8:42PM
0.30
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise--5:52-------5:52-------5:54-----
Sunset------8:06-------8:06-------8:06-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212020272726242220191927282625242224283335323022
Feels °C (?)212020252323212019181825242121232122243033292719
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