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 am Tuesday 18 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 20.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Crackneck today?

The current surf forecast for Crackneck at 4PM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 18). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (18 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Evening (18 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	5s

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

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	Tuesday 18						Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Fri 21
	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	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	S	NE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	32	26	24	56	60	140	161	237	114	106	109	224	736	796	875	463	298	215	169	133	116	75	75	73
Wind (km/h)	NW	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NW	W	WNW	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	N	SW	SSW	S	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:40AM 1.50					8:01PM 1.11				8:12AM 1.54				8:40PM 1.10				8:44AM 1.57				9:19PM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)				2:13PM 0.28			1:41AM 0.32					2:50PM 0.23				2:14AM 0.34				3:27PM 0.21				2:47AM 0.36

	Tuesday 18						Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Fri 21
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	20	20	20	19	18	16	15	18	21	22	22	22	22	20	18	19	20	20	19	19	18	18	17
Feels °C (?)	14	16	15	15	14	15	16	14	17	19	18	18	18	21	20	16	18	20	18	17	16	16	14	13

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