Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 12 Apr 2026 AEST
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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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Crabbs Creek today?

The current surf forecast for Crabbs Creek at 6PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (12 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (12 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
0
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
2
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)131313131414141415141414121111111111101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)495495503595753902103011631229119611791030969920769783932972816694535390318268
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
25
W
25
WSW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
S
10
SSE
0
ESE
0
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
0
SW
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
NNE
5
N
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50PM
0.99
4:31AM
1.24
5:31PM
1.11
5:25AM
1.30
6:10PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
0.34
10:12PM
0.53
11:10AM
0.29
11:10PM
0.44
11:51AM
0.25
12:02AM
0.35
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise6:11-------6:13-------6:13-------
Sunset---5:35-------5:34-------5:32----
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. °C131720221916141312161818181716151417191919181714
Feels °C (?)81114171311988121415171614131216171617161713
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