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Crackneck Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Crackneck surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 21 Oct 2025 AEDT
How big are the waves at Crackneck today?
The current surf forecast for Crackneck at 8PM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 21). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (AEDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (21 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 8s |
| Evening (21 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Crackneck. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 84 | 65 | 65 | 41 | 42 | 67 | 127 | 362 | 479 | 547 | 744 | 612 | 526 | 396 | 260 | 197 | 142 | 123 | 70 | 157 | 185 | 173 | 202 | 160 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | on | cross | glass | cross | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | off | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- off | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:00PM 1.24 | 9:12AM 1.53 | 9:36PM 1.19 | 9:43AM 1.54 | 10:13PM 1.13 | 10:16AM 1.52 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:04PM 0.22 | 2:51AM 0.27 | 3:41PM 0.21 | 3:20AM 0.31 | 4:18PM 0.21 | 3:49AM 0.36 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:03 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 31 | 36 | 35 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle
Continuing clean conditions at Crackneck (light winds from the E at Gosford Automatic Weather Station 14 km from Crackneck). 1.0m 5s windswell from the ESE with a 0.7m 8s swell from the NE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
Actual: 53 min ago
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