Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 27 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
22.7° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Crabbs Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Crabbs Creek at 1PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)7ft (2.1m)13s
Afternoon (27 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (27 Jan)6ft (1.9m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)131312121211111111111010101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1504134110981029913780627505457399276160127125125122122139137137122969898
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
5
E
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
onononglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:49PM
0.92
4:35AM
1.29
5:19PM
0.87
5:47AM
1.36
6:42PM
0.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
0.39
9:45PM
0.36
11:30AM
0.34
10:50PM
0.37
12:47PM
0.26
11:59PM
0.35
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
Sunrise6:09-------6:11-------6:11-------
Sunset----8:00-------8:00------7:59----
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222322222019191817212323212121212223232322212120
Feels °C (?)212320201918181817202121192022222323232322222321
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