Crackneck 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Crackneck today (01 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crackneck at 4PM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s
Afternoon (01 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s
Evening (01 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	5s

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

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	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 20°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 1						Thursday 2								Friday 3								Sat 4
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	56	45	33	39	50	100	161	204	181	138	101	84	57	57	55	52	33	33	17	26	27	37	26	26
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	N	N	NNE	N	N	NW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WSW	W	W	W	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	off
High Tide		9:11AM1.03m				9:06PM1.58m				9:50AM1.05m				9:42PM1.56m					10:30AM1.07m				10:18PM1.52m
Low Tide				2:33PM0.39m				3:56AM0.19m				3:12PM0.40m					4:31AM0.19m			3:52PM0.43m


	6:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:58
	—	—	—	4:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:57	—	—	—	4:58
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	17	20	20	19	19	19	17	15	16	19	20	18	17	17	16	15	17	19	18	15	12	11	10
Feels °C	14	15	17	18	17	15	15	12	10	11	14	16	14	12	12	11	10	11	12	12	11	8	7	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ESE 7	SE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	SSW 6	SSW 7
kJ	56	45	33	19	12	9	4	204	181	138	101	84	57	57	55	52	33	33	17	26	27	37	97	93
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	ESE 8	ESE 7	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 9	E 10	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 12	E 12	E 12	NW 4	E 12	E 12	NE 7	NE 7
kJ	16	25	19	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	10	9	8	8	8	7	11	11	11	4	11	11	26	26
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	E 10	ESE 8	SE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 7	E 8	E 12	—	—	E 12	E 12	—	E 12	SSW 13
kJ	8	8	8	11	10	9	2	8	7	3	7	6	6	6	1	1	3	—	—	11	11	—	11	53
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	NE 6	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NNW 4	NW 4	NW 4	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 4	NW 4	NW 4	WNW 4	WNW 4	WSW 4	SW 4	SW 6	SSW 7	WNW 3
kJ	2	2	2	39	50	100	161	35	34	41	40	25	32	37	49	42	39	37	28	13	21	83	165	3
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	25	25	216	34	86	23	23	13	3	3	25	25	97	0	33	39	152	49	165	6	3	3
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle	Crackneck	Crackneck	Frazer Park	Frazer Park		Newcastle - Stratts Spit	Anna Bay-Morna Point	Umina Point	Umina Point	Copacobana Point	Copacobana Point	Moonee	Frazer Park	Frazer Park		Crackneck	Zenith Beach					Copacobana Point	Copacobana Point	JD Reef
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1					1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	9	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	3	5	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	9	5	7	6	6	5	7	8	9	9	9	7	5	5

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