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 3 pm Wednesday 27 May 2026 AEST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 20.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Crackneck today?

The current surf forecast for Crackneck at 9PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 27). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 May)	-	-
Afternoon (27 May)	7ft (2.2m)	12s
Evening (27 May)	7ft (2.1m)	12s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 77mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Thu night, min 15°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, fresh winds from the SW by Fri afternoon).
	Wed 27				Thursday 28								Friday 29								Sat 30
	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	1448	1415	1248	1113	1095	955	890	932	826	810	810	974	955	900	716	932	771	687	630	643	643	510	458	400
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	S	SSW	S	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	glassy	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			5:47PM1.43m				6:00AM1.08m				6:23PM1.49m				6:45AM1.06m				6:57PM1.53m					7:28AM1.05m
Low Tide	11:10AM0.31m				00:17AM0.37m				11:47AM0.33m				1:00AM0.31m				12:22PM0.35m					1:41AM0.26m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:47	—	—
	—	4:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	4:54
mm	—	—	—	1	2	—	2	3	3	2	3	8	11	5	3	3	5	17	7	2	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	18	17	18	17	16	15	16
Feels °C	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	19	18	17	18	13	12	14	13	11	10	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	SSE 8	E 10	E 10	SSW 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 9
kJ	1448	1415	1248	1113	1095	955	890	932	826	810	810	974	19	900	716	46	771	687	630	643	348	454	612	724
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	SSW 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 16	S 11	S 15	S 11	S 6	SSW 7	S 17	S 16	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	8	17	32	44	42	39	37	35	34	33	32	31	19	10	18	21	76	161	5	5	643	510	458	400
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 11	S 15	SSE 8	S 15	S 10	S 11	—	—	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15
kJ	5	5	5	5	5	4	17	16	4	22	21	20	10	18	11	18	19	9	—	—	5	5	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 10	S 8	S 5	E 10	—	S 7	SSW 7	SSW 7	WSW 4	WSW 4	WSW 4	W 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	955	18	54	932	—	278	444	532	31	33	21	39
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Distance (km)	8	8	8	1	0	8	14	14	14	54	54	54	86	46	14	14	14	57	122	32	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2			4	3	3	4	3	3			3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	9	9	7	9	6	6	6	6	9	8	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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