Crackneck surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AEST
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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
19.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


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) & DateWave HeightWave 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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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
1.2
NE
1.4
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
1.2
NE
1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
Period(s) (?)888877777775666666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9694676754333231323157621289275756262516899757159
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
20
SE
5
S
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
10
SSE
10
E
20
NNE
20
N
10
NNW
10
W
5
NW
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
5
NW
20
NNE
20
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
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------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------7-1--
Temp. °C231918171513131517171615141313162019181616171720
Feels °C (?)2115171411881215151312131211131515181413141415
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update 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.

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N
Clean
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