Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 09 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 10PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)--
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
3
1
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
E
1
ENE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)999151414141413131313131313131313141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)837879109165163229210201249195195195178176222277280401474460503495495
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
10
N
25
NE
10
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
W
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:30PM
0.79
1:24AM
1.15
2:47PM
0.81
2:26AM
1.15
3:58PM
0.88
3:31AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:45PM
0.57
8:41AM
0.41
7:54PM
0.60
9:37AM
0.38
9:06PM
0.58
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise------6:09-------6:11-------6:11-
Sunset-5:38-------5:37-------5:37------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252423222121222731282825232120232422201815131216
Feels °C (?)242222222120202530262623232018202119181498711
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