Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 28 Feb 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
26.1° C
(Which is 1.4°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 7PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (28 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (28 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
SE
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)888888888888988889988888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)171144144140134109112109110130133169181177144140144151307306299195224235
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
ESE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SE
5
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
E
5
NE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassononononglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:50AM
1.81
6:48PM
1.04
7:45AM
1.88
7:36PM
1.15
8:32AM
1.90
8:18PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:41PM
0.45
12:40AM
0.13
2:23PM
0.42
1:36AM
0.03
2:58PM
0.40
2:25AM
-0.04
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise6:35-------6:37-------6:37-------
Sunset---7:23-------7:22-------7:22----
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-11--11111-------11-----
Temp. °C232324242322212222242424232321212223242423232323
Feels °C (?)242424242424232424242324242523232423232323222223
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