Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 AEDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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 4AM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (26 Mar)7ft (2.2m)12s
Evening (26 Mar)7ft (2.2m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
4
4
4
4
4
2
0
3
4
1
3
1
2
2
1
1
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.3
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.2
ESE
2
SSW
3
SSW
4.5
S
7
S
7.5
S
5.5
S
6
S
5.5
S
5
S
Period(s) (?)1012121212121212121211111111118811141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6221090136014591439137813691347144711549107075614943345411306465817462221291172213590107179129
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NNW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
E
20
ENE
25
SW
15
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
40
W
45
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
25
SW
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:38AM
1.30
3:54PM
0.85
3:58AM
1.29
5:24PM
0.90
5:17AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:56PM
0.46
9:51AM
0.32
9:13PM
0.50
11:09AM
0.29
10:36PM
0.48
12:12PM
0.24
Wed
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise----7:00-------7:00-------7:01---
Sunset-------6:57-------6:55-------6:54
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------141111-24-------
Temp. °C222120191925272422191917151515141615141313161818
Feels °C (?)2321211919252622201916141088677788101314
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