Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Issued: 9 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is

19.8° 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 (28 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 3PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Afternoon (28 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Evening (28 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 28						Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	SSE 7	S 7	SE 7	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	S 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 7	SSE 12	S 11	S 10	SSE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	96	75	71	31	29	27	17	15	11	8	14	13	12	8	20	160	182	157	129	882	936	314
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NNW	NE	NE	N	WNW	W	W	W	W	E	ESE	NW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSE	SSE	S	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	off	off	off	glassy	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off
High Tide	6:53AM1.03m					7:50PM1.76m				7:31AM1.11m				8:28PM1.78m				8:06AM1.18m				9:05PM1.77m
Low Tide			12:47PM0.20m					2:24AM0.50m				1:30PM0.13m				2:54AM0.49m				2:12PM0.08m


	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:10	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	15	19	18	17	15	14	13	12	16	20	18	17	14	12	10	9	12	15	15	14	12
Feels °C	11	14	16	15	16	14	12	10	9	13	17	15	16	10	8	5	4	8	11	11	11	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	SSE 7	S 7	SE 7	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 7	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 9
kJ	96	75	71	31	29	27	17	15	11	8	14	13	12	8	20	50	67	73	58	431	399	314
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 7	E 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	S 6	S 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	SSE 12	ENE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6
kJ	1	1	1	19	18	19	8	7	9	8	8	7	7	7	8	9	9	3	129	9	8	8
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 14	S 14	SE 15	E 8	ENE 3	ENE 3	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	SE 7	SE 7	SSE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	E 12	SSE 13	ENE 7	—	E 13	E 13
kJ	4	4	8	1	1	1	2	2	4	7	7	4	2	2	1	2	3	18	9	—	3	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	—	—	SW 3	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 7	S 7	S 11	S 10	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	68	160	182	157	110	882	936	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	2
Distance (km)	0	0	155	76	15	0	62	264	197	264	263	17	52	488	17	14	14	0	14	52	14	0
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