Crabbs Creek Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 13 Sep 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 18.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Crabbs Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Crabbs Creek at 9PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (13 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	11s
Evening (13 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	10s

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

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	Saturday 13				Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	1	2	3	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	ENE	S	E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	5	9	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	448	448	372	237	219	396	627	546	407	214	192	189	146	141	98	94	66	65	41	40	25	19	13	12
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	NE	N	NNW	WNW	WNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:02PM 1.35				12:39AM 0.95					1:03PM 1.31				1:56AM 0.85				2:16PM 1.27				3:35AM 0.83
Low Tide / height (m)			6:49PM 0.28				6:26AM 0.39					8:05PM 0.32				7:30AM 0.45				9:30PM 0.32				8:47AM 0.48

	Saturday 13				Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	17	16	14	13	13	17	21	22	20	18	17	15	15	19	23	24	22	20	19	18	18	21
Feels °C (?)	16	15	15	15	13	11	11	14	17	17	16	14	13	11	11	15	18	20	19	17	16	14	14	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Crabbs Creek (calm at Warners Bay 12 km from Crabbs Creek). 1.3m 11s groundswell from the S with a 0.5m 8s swell from the ESE and a 0.3m 3s local chop from the ENE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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