Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 13 Oct 2025 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
21.1° C
(Which is 2.1°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 11PM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Oct)--
Afternoon (13 Oct)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (13 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
1.6
S
2
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
1.2
SSW
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.5
E
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)6699910101010101099888888810667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)66196613755627464470386314262216207146113861831111171086349415157
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
10
ESE
5
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
15
ENE
20
E
15
ENE
5
NE
20
SW
20
SW
10
W
10
SSE
15
ESE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
0
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:45PM
1.37
3:00AM
0.89
2:57PM
1.31
4:30AM
0.92
4:15PM
1.28
5:40AM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:57PM
0.30
8:19AM
0.53
10:11PM
0.31
9:40AM
0.55
11:17PM
0.30
11:00AM
0.51
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise------6:15-------6:13-------6:11-
Sunset-7:02-------7:04-------7:05------
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191515151514131924221919171615192020181817161521
Feels °C (?)131011131412111720181820141313181717161819171521
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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). A 1.9m swell from the S

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ENE
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