Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
20.7°C
1.1° 

Crescent Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Crescent Head today (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 8AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (05 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (05 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 26°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sun afternoon, calm by Mon night).

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
4
3
2
0
0
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSE
9
0.7
S
9
0.6
S
8
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SSE
11
0.6
SSE
10
1.5
NNE
6
1.3
NNE
6
1.2
NNE
6
0.4
SSE
9
0.4
SSE
9
0.3
SSE
9
0.8
S
6
1.5
S
7
2
S
8
2.4
S
8
2.3
S
9
3
S
10
1.9
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.5
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
110
76
51
34
46
78
136
111
94
26
26
16
42
202
459
652
785
1703
761
550
375
308
301
301
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
S
10
SW
25
SSE
35
S
20
S
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
S
20
SE
20
SE
10
SSE
5
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
1:29AM0.98m
2:49PM1.64m
2:52AM0.94m
4:08PM1.71m
4:11AM0.97m
5:16PM1.79m
Low Tide
7:26AM0.34m
9:53PM0.56m
8:44AM0.32m
11:08PM0.51m
10:02AM0.24m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:00
5:58
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:32
5:34
5:35
 mm
Temp °C
16
15
16
22
26
23
21
23
22
21
20
25
23
19
18
16
16
15
15
19
19
18
18
17
Feels °C
16
14
13
18
22
20
20
21
19
18
18
21
17
12
13
13
13
12
12
17
15
15
17
16
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