Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 05 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
22.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Crabbs Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Crabbs Creek at 1PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (05 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (05 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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

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Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thu
08
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.1
NE
1
ENE
Period(s) (?)88888888887799910109995666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3122323534322321202014141527272928272525941188080
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
5
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
5
ESE
5
E
10
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrossonononcross-
on
onglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
1.63
11:12PM
1.10
11:12AM
1.56
11:59PM
1.11
11:58AM
1.46
12:46AM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:14PM
0.04
4:48AM
0.28
5:58PM
0.06
5:40AM
0.31
6:40PM
0.11
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thu
08
Sunrise5:50-------5:50-------5:52-------
Sunset----8:06-------8:06-------8:06---
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202222222221202020212223222121212123242424232220
Feels °C (?)212221222421212120222222232223252425242222222220
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