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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 3 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Crackneck today?
The current surf forecast for Crackneck at 5PM is: 0.8m 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 03:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | - | - |
| 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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| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 96 | 94 | 67 | 67 | 54 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 57 | 62 | 128 | 92 | 75 | 75 | 62 | 62 | 51 | 68 | 99 | 75 | 71 | 59 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:55PM 1.47 | 5:53AM 1.09 | 5:49PM 1.51 | 6:36AM 1.18 | 6:34PM 1.52 | 7:12AM 1.26 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:47 | - |
| Sunset | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 23 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 20 |
| Feels °C (?) | 21 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle
Cross-on wind has become light (calm at Killarney Vale wx 5 km from Crackneck). 0.7m 8s swell from the NE to make surfable waves.
Actual: 42 min ago
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