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Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 12 Mar 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
24.6° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 9AM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 12). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (12 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (12 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
2.1
S
2.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)101012121212111111121212989101010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)849574814773690583553546566607636636731811117712771013847818716541397326281
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
WNW
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
25
SSE
35
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:14AM
1.08
4:16PM
0.72
4:20AM
1.10
5:40PM
0.77
5:22AM
1.15
6:32PM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:32AM
0.44
9:25PM
0.52
11:34AM
0.39
10:35PM
0.51
12:22PM
0.32
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise--6:48-------6:50-------6:50-----
Sunset-----7:15-------7:14-------7:13--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------11-11-----------
Temp. °C222222232322212020202020202020212121202021212120
Feels °C (?)212120212119191818181918161514161618171819181918
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