Crabbs Creek surf break

Crabbs Creek surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 24 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
25.1° 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 2AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm February 24). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (25 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (25 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
NE
1.7
NE
0.4
S
0.3
S
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1.5
S
1.7
S
2.1
S
2
S
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)668866677777866778888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)229209201010373759199118118121113170243408447460427429464422434406
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
N
5
N
10
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
SSE
15
S
20
S
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
ononononglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:57AM
1.26
3:46PM
0.83
4:15AM
1.27
5:26PM
0.83
5:34AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:14PM
0.38
9:58AM
0.34
9:22PM
0.42
11:25AM
0.30
10:40PM
0.42
12:37PM
0.23
Tue
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise----6:37-------6:37-------6:39---
Sunset-------7:34-------7:32-------7:31
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------22434432222222
Temp. °C242322212024242524242323222223232323232222222323
Feels °C (?)222222222125242526272624222222222222242322212223
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