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Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 21 Jan 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
23.5° 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 7PM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
0
2
1
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
2.4
SE
2.4
SE
2.4
SE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)1111111111111111111111117888999109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)92683181584610069069068297857136451340547614785745471539551513516461451400
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
S
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
W
20
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
off		glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:36AM
1.49
11:19PM
1.12
11:16AM
1.45
11:58PM
1.15
11:58AM
1.37
12:40AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:17PM
0.07
4:58AM
0.28
5:53PM
0.10
5:46AM
0.30
6:31PM
0.15
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise6:03-------6:05-------6:05-------
Sunset----8:02-------8:02-------8:01---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------1----------
Temp. °C202122212020201820232220201920192020212120201919
Feels °C (?)191920191919201821221814161517161817191917181819
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