Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 27 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
24.6° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crabbs Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Crabbs Creek at 5PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 27). An open ocean swell of 2.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (27 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (27 Mar)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
0
2
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3
2
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
6.5
SSW
7.5
SSW
6
S
6
S
5.5
S
5.5
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4
SSE
4
S
4
S
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)11111111810141414131313121212121111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)63449433427510872156167042050913999131891110391666708563050514860391731702444174714851087863664
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:24PM
0.90
5:17AM
1.31
6:26PM
1.00
6:22AM
1.36
7:13PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:09AM
0.29
10:36PM
0.48
12:12PM
0.24
11:51PM
0.41
1:01PM
0.20
12:53AM
0.33
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
Sunrise7:00-------7:01-------7:01-------
Sunset---6:55-------6:54-------6:52----
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151514171616161514171919191918161618202020202020
Feels °C (?)8779879108111313141515131315171718181919
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