Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 25 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
22.1° C
(Which is 1.5°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 9PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)--
Afternoon (25 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (25 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
3
2
2
2
3
1
1
2
2
2
4
3
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
Period(s) (?)111111141413131312121212121213131212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5404524601083115510589089801510162215051480136113101442145811971119913766627558496441
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
N
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
30
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:34PM
1.15
2:21AM
1.22
2:34PM
1.02
3:24AM
1.25
3:49PM
0.92
4:35AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:56PM
0.27
8:46AM
0.39
8:47PM
0.33
10:05AM
0.39
9:45PM
0.36
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise------6:09-------6:09-------6:11-
Sunset--8:00-------8:00-------8:00-----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272525242221212222222121212021212222202019171722
Feels °C (?)272525252118192120192021212020202121192019171721
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