Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 03 Apr 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Crabbs Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Crabbs Creek at 1AM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (04 Apr)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (04 Apr)5ft (1.5m)7s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
SSE
2.1
SE
2.5
SE
1.8
SSE
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)776776677776889889899999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4848291293240177219285247210198349713356286313266258239209239234196196
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
25
S
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
20
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
S
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:20PM
1.42
10:39AM
1.16
10:55PM
1.40
11:16AM
1.07
11:31PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:02PM
0.20
4:44AM
0.20
4:34PM
0.25
5:26AM
0.24
5:05PM
0.31
6:09AM
0.30
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise------7:05-------7:07-------7:07-
Sunset-6:46-------6:45-------6:44------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---12111---12-----------
Temp. °C212121212020202020202019201920191920191918181718
Feels °C (?)201918181718171717161716161516151617161717171717
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