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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 9 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Crackneck today?
The current surf forecast for Crackneck at 3PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 8s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Crackneck. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 145 | 111 | 96 | 94 | 67 | 67 | 54 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 57 | 62 | 128 | 92 | 75 | 75 | 62 | 62 | 51 | 68 | 99 | 75 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | glass | on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:00AM 1.00 | 4:55PM 1.47 | 5:53AM 1.09 | 5:49PM 1.51 | 6:36AM 1.18 | 6:34PM 1.52 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:22AM 0.49 | 11:49PM 0.22 | 11:24AM 0.42 | 12:31AM 0.18 | 12:16PM 0.35 | 1:07AM 0.15 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Sat 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| Temp. °C | 20 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 18 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle
The wind is still offshore at Crackneck (moderate winds from the WNW at Gosford Automatic Weather Station 14 km from Crackneck). 0.8m 8s swell from the NE to make surfable waves.
1 h 7 min ago
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