Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 04 Feb 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
25.1° C
(Which is 1.4°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 1AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 04). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (05 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (05 Feb)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SE
1.3
ENE
1.8
NE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
1.2
ENE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
ENE
0.6
SE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
NE
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)8561010610106956666666121210667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7188207124106108806045474970584933312433262319716656
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
20
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
20
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
10
SSE
20
E
20
SW
35
NNE
15
NW
5
SE
0
WSW
5
SW
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
glassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:28PM
1.19
11:33AM
1.36
12:08AM
1.19
12:12PM
1.23
12:50AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:24PM
0.05
5:23AM
0.21
6:00PM
0.10
6:10AM
0.27
6:36PM
0.17
6:59AM
0.34
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise------6:18-------6:20-------6:20-
Sunset-7:54-------7:53-------7:52------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------21-----
Temp. °C232322212019202727262526222121232522232423222225
Feels °C (?)201918202020202725262628222021252522202425262527
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