Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 31 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
23.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Crabbs Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Crabbs Creek at 5AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (01 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


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Tue
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.4
S
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)161313161616161514141212111177105777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1728585135134181234157136917569403954743541725148484445
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NE
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
10
NNW
5
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:32PM
1.31
8:44AM
1.38
9:08PM
1.38
9:24AM
1.33
9:44PM
1.42
10:02AM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:34AM
0.20
2:56PM
0.14
3:18AM
0.17
3:29PM
0.16
4:01AM
0.17
4:02PM
0.20
Tue
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise----7:03-------7:05-------7:05---
Sunset-------6:49-------6:47-------6:46
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212120191820222221202019182122222120191818212121
Feels °C (?)192020201920212019192120192221212020191919232020
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