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Crackneck surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 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
22.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Crackneck today?

The current surf forecast for Crackneck at 7AM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
1
0
0
2
2
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
2.4
SE
2.4
SE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
1.7
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111111111111111111010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1094103092679283196110069889069067857136451340127429265354003202311518383
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SW
15
WSW
10
SSE
15
SE
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SSW
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
SE
20
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34AM
1.63
11:18PM
1.18
11:10AM
1.58
11:59PM
1.23
11:50AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:09AM
0.33
5:16PM
0.09
4:52AM
0.35
5:50PM
0.10
5:38AM
0.38
6:26PM
0.12
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise--6:03-------6:05-------6:05-----
Sunset------8:04-------8:04-------8:04-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201919212121202019202122221919191919192020202020
Feels °C (?)191818201919192019212220181315151516161818181718
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