Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 30 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
25.1° C
(Which is 1.8°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 1PM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (30 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)1099999988816161613131616161615141466
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5754523853262802382021471171141271781728585135134181234157136927757
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
S
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
NE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
WNW
0
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crossglassoffglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:16AM
1.39
7:53PM
1.22
8:02AM
1.40
8:32PM
1.31
8:44AM
1.38
9:08PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:43PM
0.16
1:46AM
0.25
2:20PM
0.15
2:34AM
0.20
2:56PM
0.14
3:18AM
0.17
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise7:03-------7:03-------7:03-------
Sunset---6:52-------6:51-------6:49----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182021212020191818202121212019191821222221212019
Feels °C (?)181920201819191818212019191919201821201919202019
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