Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 03 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
24.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Crabbs Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Crabbs Creek at 11AM is: 2.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am February 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)7ft (2.1m)10s
Afternoon (03 Feb)6ft (1.8m)9s
Evening (03 Feb)5ft (1.6m)9s

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

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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.3
SSE
1
S
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
1.3
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
NE
0.8
SE
1.2
ENE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
ENE
1.3
NE
Period(s) (?)81010999998888856610610109966
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)721939860655567499396258142101958671781641841291089877464753119
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NW
5
E
15
ENE
20
NE
10
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:10AM
1.54
10:47PM
1.17
10:52AM
1.47
11:28PM
1.19
11:33AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:47AM
0.17
4:46PM
0.01
4:36AM
0.18
5:24PM
0.05
5:23AM
0.21
6:00PM
0.10
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise--6:16-------6:18-------6:18-----
Sunset-----7:55-------7:54-------7:53--
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020202121212020191922232322201918192527262323
Feels °C (?)151718181818181718171720202019181918202626252525
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