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Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
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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
23.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Crabbs Creek today?
The current surf forecast for Crabbs Creek at 6AM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 2.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm May 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (04 May) | 8ft (2.5m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (04 May) | 7ft (2.1m) | 10s |
| Evening (04 May) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Crabbs Creek. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 15°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 3 | Monday 4 | Tuesday 5 | Wednesday 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 11 | E 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | |
1032 | 1053 | 1086 | 1249 | 1255 | 817 | 799 | 878 | 832 | 849 | 882 | 951 | 987 | 911 | 807 | 819 | 819 | 790 | 694 | 670 | 584 | 573 | 551 | 467 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | glassy | on | on | |
High Tide | 9:24PM1.48m | 9:55AM1.02m | 9:59PM1.43m | 10:37AM0.96m | 10:35PM1.38m | 11:21AM0.92m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:07AM0.26m | 3:26PM0.39m | 4:49AM0.28m | 4:00PM0.45m | 5:32AM0.31m | |||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:08 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 |
18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 16 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 12 | S 12 | S 11 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 11 | E 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 |
3 | 3 | 3 | 942 | 838 | 817 | 799 | 878 | 832 | 849 | 882 | 951 | 987 | 911 | 807 | 819 | 819 | 790 | 694 | 670 | 584 | 573 | 551 | 467 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 18 | S 17 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 5 | S 5 | S 18 | S 18 | S 17 | S 17 | SSW 11 | S 10 | S 9 |
— | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 53 | 49 | 39 | 120 | 94 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 18 | S 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 16 | S 17 | S 18 | S 18 | — | — | S 16 | S 15 | S 14 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 6 | 25 | 54 | — | — | 45 | 40 | 36 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | — | — | — | — | NW 3 | — | W 3 | SW 3 | SSW 4 | S 4 | SSW 5 | — | — | SSW 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
1032 | 1053 | 1086 | 1249 | 1255 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 276 | 233 | 59 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 249 |
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