Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 26 Aug 2025 AEST
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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
18.6° 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 6PM is: 2.4m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Aug)--
Afternoon (26 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Evening (26 Aug)8ft (2.5m)11s

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

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Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2
3
2
3
2
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
E
2.3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)101011111110101010101111111111111212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)8561019294827432415930875726726679634582495418442455504449566443344316292226
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
N
25
NNW
30
NW
25
NW
35
W
30
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:15AM
1.22
10:21PM
1.23
10:51AM
1.21
10:55PM
1.11
11:27AM
1.17
11:29PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:19PM
0.23
4:38AM
0.16
5:00PM
0.29
5:09AM
0.23
5:44PM
0.36
5:38AM
0.30
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Sunrise------6:18-------6:16-------6:16-
Sunset-5:30-------5:31-------5:31------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202018161515162122171413131212151819151312111016
Feels °C (?)18171514131212151810877569111310876510
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Crabbs Creek (calm at Warners Bay 12 km from Crabbs Creek). 2.4m 9s swell from the ENE with a 0.5m 12s groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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2 km/h
NNE
Clean
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