Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 01 Apr 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Crabbs Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Crabbs Creek at 2PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (01 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.3
SSE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)16161615141412121111777514577775666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13418123415713691486840395469914139426247444764788691
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NE
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
NE
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:44AM
1.38
9:08PM
1.38
9:24AM
1.33
9:44PM
1.42
10:02AM
1.25
10:20PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:56PM
0.14
3:18AM
0.17
3:29PM
0.16
4:01AM
0.17
4:02PM
0.20
4:44AM
0.20
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise7:03-------7:05-------7:05-------
Sunset---6:49-------6:47-------6:46----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------------111
Temp. °C182122222121191918212222212019181820222121212020
Feels °C (?)192221201920201919212121202019181820211919201818
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