Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
23.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 12AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)--
Afternoon (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
3
2
1
4
5
5
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.7
NNE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
1.5
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3.5
S
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)99999998886886891010111112121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11911912412486825957503434332118258599312731568205822933488147713191230
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
5
WSW
15
E
15
E
10
NNE
5
WNW
25
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
15
SSW
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offononcross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:12PM
1.66
7:47AM
1.55
7:58PM
1.79
8:28AM
1.47
8:46PM
1.89
9:10AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
0.06
1:43PM
0.21
2:25AM
0.06
2:20PM
0.16
3:18AM
0.10
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise------6:07-------6:09-------6:09-
Sunset-5:27-------5:25-------5:24------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232221201818192627242219191816202120181615151519
Feels °C (?)222121211815162423222119151414161615141312121216
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