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 10 pm Saturday 15 Nov 2025 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 20.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crackneck today?

The current surf forecast for Crackneck at 4AM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 15). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s
Afternoon (16 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	7s
Evening (16 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	6s

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

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	Sat 15		Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	4	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	SSW	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	328	498	736	297	162	152	104	86	128	147	115	54	36	45	59	35	45	57	47	46	33	31	21	44
Wind (km/h)	NE	NNW	W	WSW	NW	WNW	ENE	ENE	N	W	WNW	SW	W	WSW	SW	SE	NE	WSW	SW	WSW	WNW	ENE	E	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:48PM 1.19				6:34AM 1.35				6:36PM 1.15				7:08AM 1.43				7:20PM 1.13				7:40AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)			12:03AM 0.29				12:50PM 0.41				12:37AM 0.30				1:33PM 0.34				1:09AM 0.31					2:13PM 0.28

	Sat 15		Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	20	20	21	27	28	26	24	24	20	19	19	22	23	21	20	18	17	15	16	19	19	20
Feels °C (?)	20	19	21	20	19	25	28	24	22	20	16	14	15	17	18	16	19	14	14	12	13	15	14	15

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