Crackneck Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Crackneck surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 19 Nov 2025 AEDT

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Crackneck surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Crackneck sea temperature is 21.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Crackneck today?

The current surf forecast for Crackneck at 3PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s
Afternoon (19 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s
Evening (19 Nov)	8ft (2.5m)	7s

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

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	Wednesday 19						Thursday 20								Friday 21								Sat 22
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	S	NE	NE	NE	E	E	E	E	SE	SE	SE	E
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	104	83	63	147	662	776	803	440	291	210	164	129	160	75	50	50	47	72	141	187	268	233	230	268
Wind (km/h)	W	ESE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NW	SW	S	SSE	SE	S	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		8:12AM 1.54				8:40PM 1.10				8:44AM 1.57				9:19PM 1.08				9:18AM 1.58				9:57PM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)				2:50PM 0.23				2:14AM 0.34				3:27PM 0.21				2:47AM 0.36				4:05PM 0.20				3:21AM 0.39

	Wednesday 19						Thursday 20								Friday 21								Sat 22
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	21	21	22	21	20	19	18	19	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19
Feels °C (?)	17	19	18	19	16	19	20	17	18	20	18	18	15	15	14	15	16	15	15	15	14	16	17	17

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