Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 22 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
22.8° 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 8AM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (22 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (22 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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

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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.8
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.7
NE
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
1.3
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
1.3
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
NE
Period(s) (?)899965699888877777777566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2224262446771912514121921261208681176166139114774474176171
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
N
20
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
15
S
0
WSW
10
NW
10
NW
5
N
15
SE
30
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
S
15
E
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:07AM
1.29
12:24PM
1.18
12:54AM
1.29
1:16PM
1.04
1:50AM
1.27
2:21PM
0.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:24AM
0.24
6:34PM
0.24
7:24AM
0.29
7:20PM
0.31
8:35AM
0.33
8:14PM
0.38
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise--6:35-------6:35-------6:35-----
Sunset-----7:37-------7:37-------7:35--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222222262727262524232428262322222121212324252422
Feels °C (?)242524282625242728262630272121212021222525242221
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