Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
20.3°C
0.2° 

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 (01 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 6s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 9PM is: 2.0m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)--
Afternoon (01 Oct)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (01 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Sun morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
12
1
NE
6
2
NNE
6
2
NNE
6
1.9
NNE
6
1.6
NNE
6
1.4
NNE
6
1.6
NNE
6
1
NE
6
1.3
NE
6
2.1
NNE
7
2.1
NNE
6
2.1
NNE
6
2
NNE
7
1.9
NNE
7
1.9
NE
7
1.9
NE
6
1.8
NE
6
1.7
NE
6
1.9
NE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
35
64
284
305
258
190
150
177
75
128
380
351
341
332
304
322
287
282
233
278
Wind (km/h)
20
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
15
NNE
15
N
20
NNE
20
NE
10
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
High Tide
11:13PM1.09m
12:07PM1.73m
00:10AM0.99m
1:22PM1.69m
Low Tide
5:46PM0.39m
5:03AM0.25m
7:01PM0.50m
6:01AM0.29m
8:27PM0.55m
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clear
clear
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clear
clear
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clear
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cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
21
19
18
18
16
15
15
20
21
20
19
18
18
17
16
19
20
20
19
19
Feels °C
17
15
15
14
13
13
13
17
18
17
16
15
15
15
14
16
17
19
17
17
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