Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Crescent Head today (17 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 5PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am June 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Jun)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Afternoon (17 Jun)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Evening (17 Jun)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 17						Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 11	ENE 11	E 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	E 11	E 11	E 11
Wave Graph
kJ	201	197	193	197	197	197	205	209	214	255	222	302	308	233	260	194	194	198	158	158	156	149	114	114
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNE	N	NNW	NW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide		9:23AM1.11m					10:16PM2.08m				10:11AM1.11m				11:11PM1.98m				11:01AM1.12m				00:07AM1.84m
Low Tide	4:08AM0.27m			3:12PM-0.02m					5:01AM0.34m				4:06PM-0.00m				5:52AM0.42m				5:02PM0.05m


	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45
	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	4:52
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	16	19	19	19	18	16	15	15	16	18	18	18	17	16	15	15	17	21	20	20	18	18	17
Feels °C	14	15	18	17	18	17	15	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	15	13	12	14	18	18	18	16	16	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 11	ENE 11	E 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	E 11	E 11	E 11
kJ	201	197	193	197	197	197	205	209	214	255	222	302	308	233	260	194	194	198	158	158	156	149	114	114
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 6	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	NE 6	SSE 9	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	14	50	40	47	46	44	39	33	32	18	18	16	16	19	8	28	23	24	24	24	24	31	23	24
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 12	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	S 12	S 12	S 12	SSE 9	S 12	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 9	SSE 11
kJ	46	14	14	14	6	6	6	6	6	1	3	3	3	15	3	7	6	6	12	13	26	25	8	12
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	NNE 3	NE 3	NNE 4	—	NNE 4	—	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	—
kJ	—	—	—	1	5	10	—	10	—	10	16	61	99	100	74	82	88	94	77	80	107	103	94	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1
Distance (km)	0	0	76	33	15	0	0	0	0	15	76	76	46	0	0	0	0	0	15	76	33	0	0	0
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