Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
21.5°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 (07 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 1AM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Nov)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (07 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (07 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 23°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Sat morning, fresh winds from the S by Sun afternoon).

Fri
6
Saturday
7
Sunday
8
Mon
9
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
1
1
2
3
3
4
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
8
1.1
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.6
SSE
8
0.5
E
9
0.7
S
7
1.4
S
7
2.5
S
7
3
S
8
3.5
S
9
2.4
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
3.5
S
9
3
S
9
3
S
10
3
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
257
190
153
119
116
83
60
44
43
47
167
688
1041
1684
897
951
1755
1500
1419
1424
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
ENE
20
E
10
NE
10
N
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
35
S
35
SSW
25
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
7:10PM1.45m
7:15AM1.55m
7:48PM1.36m
7:58AM1.67m
8:23PM1.27m
Low Tide
1:07AM0.41m
1:41PM0.21m
1:37AM0.35m
2:29PM0.23m
2:07AM0.30m
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Temp °C
19
18
17
15
17
23
22
23
21
18
16
15
14
15
18
17
15
14
13
13
Feels °C
18
17
16
14
16
22
19
22
22
14
11
11
9
9
10
10
9
10
9
9
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