Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 20 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
23.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Crabbs Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Crabbs Creek at 4AM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SE
1.9
SE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
SE
1.7
ESE
1.7
SE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
2.4
SE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)11111111111111111111111111111111117889999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6778781094988926831815846100690690682975771369012561189551644700575614551481
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SW
15
SW
15
S
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
N
0
NW
10
S
30
SSE
40
SSE
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:40PM
1.08
10:36AM
1.49
11:19PM
1.12
11:16AM
1.45
11:58PM
1.15
11:58AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:13AM
0.28
5:17PM
0.07
4:58AM
0.28
5:53PM
0.10
5:46AM
0.30
Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise----6:03-------6:05-------6:05---
Sunset8:02-------8:02-------8:02-------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212020181921212120201918192222201919191919202020
Feels °C (?)202020171819191919201918202118141515151515171717
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