Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 15 Mar 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
23.3° 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 7PM is: 0.9m 19s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (15 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (15 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)19s

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


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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.8
S
0.8
E
0.5
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.7
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.3
ENE
1
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1
SSE
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)9991419181616151514146111166121211111156
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)112106102103599606643592453343260246202566413788676660575556122
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
W
10
NW
20
S
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:16AM
1.22
7:12PM
0.96
7:03AM
1.31
7:48PM
1.08
7:46AM
1.38
8:23PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02PM
0.25
12:35AM
0.40
1:38PM
0.18
1:24AM
0.31
2:14PM
0.13
2:11AM
0.24
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---7:12-------7:10-------7:08----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------------111
Temp. °C182022222120191717212423222120202025302925242322
Feels °C (?)182020191818181717212220201920202024292823232322
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