Crackneck 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.38° S 151.49° E

Issued: 4 pm 15 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Crackneck sea temperature is

21.4°C

Crackneck surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Crackneck today (16 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Crackneck at 1AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 15). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (16 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Mon morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 16°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 15				Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wed 18
	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	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 5	E 10	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 10	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	E 10	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	88	105	144	162	82	79	54	45	31	31	31	33	32	31	18	17	31	49	122	31	28	30
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	S	S	SSE	S	SSW	S	S	SSE	ESE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	glassy
High Tide	12:33PM1.36m				1:48AM0.94m				1:23PM1.30m					2:52AM0.97m				2:19PM1.25m				3:53AM1.04m
Low Tide			7:39PM0.35m				6:52AM0.61m					8:31PM0.36m			8:00AM0.65m					9:21PM0.34m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41
	—	7:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:35	—	—	—	7:36
mm	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	17	17
Feels °C	17	15	15	16	15	14	13	13	11	13	13	15	14	15	15	17	16	15	15	17	17	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 10	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	E 10	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7
kJ	29	75	75	77	82	79	54	23	23	23	31	221	196	311	279	230	157	122	92	71	67	49
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	E 10	E 10	E 10	NE 8	E 10	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 10	NE 12	ENE 10	E 10	S 14
kJ	33	18	18	12	11	24	23	45	31	31	15	31	32	24	15	14	8	49	6	31	28	94
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	S 11	S 13	S 14	S 17	S 17	S 18	E 7	S 17	E 7	E 7	NE 8	E 10	E 10	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 10	E 11	NE 10	S 16	S 15	E 10
kJ	10	2	4	4	6	23	6	1	23	4	4	9	31	31	18	17	31	3	4	19	38	30
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 7	S 7	ESE 5	—	—	—	—	—	ESE 5	E 10	E 4	E 4	NE 3
kJ	88	105	144	162	150	212	226	212	248	341	352	33	—	—	—	—	—	8	122	7	6	3
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	14	143	131	14	14	14	128	14	202	183	14	8	1	3	8	8	14	299	167	11	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	1			1	2	2		2			2	2	2	2	2	2	1			1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	2	4	6	5	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	8	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	8	7	5	9	5

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