Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 04 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
25.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 9PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)--
Afternoon (04 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (04 Feb)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1.3
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
ENE
1.2
NE
1.3
NNE
1.3
NNE
0.5
E
1
NNE
1
NNE
Period(s) (?)8888888889955555555551055
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14317312010010070828486616187806957472431739292544844
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
N
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
N
15
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:40PM
1.36
11:38AM
1.72
11:22PM
1.40
12:14PM
1.54
12:05AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:55AM
-0.01
5:45PM
0.46
5:40AM
0.10
6:15PM
0.48
6:28AM
0.26
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise------6:16-------6:18-------6:18-
Sunset-7:45-------7:45-------7:45------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232322212018192526252323222121252625232322212224
Feels °C (?)212021201918192425242323222222252524232321212322
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