Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 18 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
23.6° 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 4PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (18 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (18 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SE
1
ESE
0.6
SE
1
E
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.9
ESE
0.4
SE
0.7
ESE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.2
S
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)61010991010669995995855555165
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)67495751505876778013816865443944361927272837272035
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
WNW
0
W
5
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
5
SE
10
ESE
20
E
25
ENE
25
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
S
10
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:35AM
1.47
10:09PM
1.20
10:15AM
1.45
10:46PM
1.25
10:55AM
1.40
11:25PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04PM
0.05
3:57AM
0.18
4:40PM
0.06
4:42AM
0.17
5:16PM
0.10
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise6:31-------6:31-------6:33-------
Sunset---7:42-------7:40-------7:39----
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------1---11--1--
Temp. °C233234302423222222232424232323222222222323232221
Feels °C (?)213035312524232424252423232424222224252626252422
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