Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 23 Nov 2025 AEDT
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Crescent Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
20.2° C
(Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 10PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)--
Afternoon (23 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (23 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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

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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
1.5
NE
1.7
NNE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
2.1
NNE
2
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.5
NNE
Period(s) (?)1066101010101010101010101011989997877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1251412029494929090909212094130141143251207184180168428447256204
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
15
NE
10
N
10
NW
10
WNW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
5
SSE
5
WSW
0
W
5
N
10
N
15
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
30
SW
20
ENE
25
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34PM
1.02
11:32AM
1.71
11:11PM
1.02
12:19PM
1.64
11:55PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:25AM
0.23
6:14PM
0.56
5:09AM
0.25
6:57PM
0.61
5:59AM
0.28
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Sunrise------5:37-------5:37-------5:37-
Sunset-7:30-------7:30-------7:30------
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1---------------81----
Temp. °C272523212019212323222019191921252524232122212329
Feels °C (?)262625222118202121212120212122252424212121212430
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