Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 29 Mar 2026 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
25.5° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 6AM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (30 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sun
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
3
3
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)1111111010999998888888815147131616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1719153812896404954243703132802281931931621541031008271847748406695
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
S
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
S
10
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:29PM
1.13
7:26AM
1.74
7:15PM
1.26
8:09AM
1.70
7:57PM
1.40
8:46AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:31AM
0.15
1:50PM
0.47
1:25AM
0.09
2:20PM
0.44
2:13AM
0.06
2:47PM
0.41
Sun
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise----6:56-------6:56-------6:58---
Sunset-------6:46-------6:45-------6:45
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212019181821222222211919192123232222222221232323
Feels °C (?)181817161719202021221919192122222122232322242121
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