Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 14 Mar 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
24.2° 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: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Afternoon (14 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (14 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
S
0.8
ESE
0.5
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.5
ENE
1.6
NE
0.6
S
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)1010109998999914191816161515141466116
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9007115393803182752211151129910210259960664360045334326024613815990128
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:22AM
1.15
6:32PM
0.86
6:16AM
1.22
7:12PM
0.96
7:03AM
1.31
7:48PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:22PM
0.32
11:39PM
0.47
1:02PM
0.25
12:35AM
0.40
1:38PM
0.18
1:24AM
0.31
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
Sunrise6:50-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---7:13-------7:12-------7:10----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212222222120191818202222212019171720232322212019
Feels °C (?)192020201918181818202019181818171720212119201919
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