Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Issued: 10 am 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is

20.6°C

Crescent Head 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 Crescent Head today (01 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 4PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Afternoon (01 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s
Evening (01 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Tue morning, min 17°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 1						Monday 2								Tuesday 3
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	SE 11	SE 11	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	SE 10	SSE 10	S 10	E 6	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 5	ENE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	54	54	44	30	37	44	44	44	26	31	46	49	47	38	21	59	58	32	75	212	231	330
Wind (km/h)	W	NE	E	ESE	W	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSE	ESE	E	E	N	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-on	on	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off
High Tide				2:13PM1.76m				2:13AM0.97m				3:27PM1.70m				3:28AM1.02m				4:37PM1.64m
Low Tide	6:53AM0.23m					9:13PM0.53m				8:07AM0.27m				10:21PM0.55m				9:27AM0.27m


	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—
mm	2	1	4	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	1	—
Temp °C	18	22	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	21	21	21	20	19	18	18	19	24	21	20	20	19
Feels °C	20	23	18	22	22	20	19	18	18	21	20	21	21	20	18	19	19	24	19	19	18	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 8	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	SSE 9	S 8	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 7
kJ	54	54	44	26	37	44	44	44	26	27	26	42	22	21	21	26	31	16	5	103	94	103
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 11	NE 6	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 10	NNE 6	SSE 10	S 10	ENE 6	S 7	SE 4	SE 4	SSE 9	SSE 9	E 9	SSE 9	S 8	S 8	S 9
kJ	39	39	29	9	30	29	29	27	16	31	46	26	17	5	5	28	16	2	8	5	5	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	N 11	N 11	SE 11	N 11	—	E 13	E 13	SE 10	SSE 4	E 11	SE 10	SE 4	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 4	S 6	E 12	E 12	SE 9	SE 9	SE 14
kJ	3	2	2	30	2	—	3	3	25	5	2	23	7	17	17	2	1	3	3	3	3	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 3	S 4	SSE 4	E 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NNE 4	ENE 6	NE 5	ENE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 7
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	12	12	49	47	38	11	59	58	32	75	212	231	330
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2
Distance (km)	0	91	643	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	17	290	62	15	0	15	62	224	197	264	314	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1					2
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