Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 28 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
25.5° C
(Which is 2.3°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 6AM is: 4.0m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 3.5m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (29 Mar)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (29 Mar)8ft (2.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
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2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
S
4.5
S
4
SSE
4
S
3.5
SSE
3.5
S
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)121212121111111010101010109999988881616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6817546941874287334626801961150812501024846651575443359326273233188140114112125176
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
S
10
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NW
5
W
5
SE
10
ESE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:26PM
1.00
6:22AM
1.36
7:13PM
1.11
7:16AM
1.39
7:53PM
1.22
8:02AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
0.41
1:01PM
0.20
12:53AM
0.33
1:43PM
0.16
1:46AM
0.25
2:20PM
0.15
Sat
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise----7:01-------7:03-------7:03---
Sunset-------6:52-------6:52-------6:51
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191918161618202120212019192021212120201919212222
Feels °C (?)141515131314171818191918192020202019201919222121
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