Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Issued: 9 pm 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is

21.1°C

Crescent Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Crescent Head today (14 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 4AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	12s
Evening (14 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Sun night, fresh winds from the S by Wed morning).
	Sun 13		Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 12	SE 12	NNE 5	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	70	73	52	52	53	54	34	35	133	154	131	100	87	97	38	226	185	46
Wind (km/h)	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNE	NE	NNE	N	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide		9:39PM1.52m				9:39AM1.63m					10:11PM1.35m				10:22AM1.63m
Low Tide				3:32AM0.35m					4:06PM0.18m			4:00AM0.35m					4:55PM0.33m


	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:38	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	15	14	14	18	20	19	19	18	16	15	15	22	22	21	20	18
Feels °C	14	15	13	12	12	15	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	20	19	19	20	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	ENE 4	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 12	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	SE 9	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	70	73	16	52	53	54	30	34	39	38	38	25	25	25	22	80	64	46
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 4	E 5	SSE 9	ENE 5	E 4	ENE 4	SE 12	SSE 9	SE 11	SE 9	SSE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	E 14	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9
kJ	9	7	52	12	10	6	34	30	31	20	13	21	21	22	16	17	17	8
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 12	NE 4	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SE 12	E 10	E 12	SSE 9	SE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	E 13	E 14	—	E 14	E 14	E 14
kJ	15	6	48	49	33	36	2	3	30	31	30	12	12	14	—	4	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NNE 4	ENE 4	NE 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	S 9
kJ	18	29	31	27	18	21	13	35	133	154	131	100	87	97	38	226	185	43
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	98	46	0	0	0	76	290	304	76	76	46	0	0	33	507	443	33	52
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Rating (10 max)		2	2	2	2	2			1	1	2	1	1	2			1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	6	2	2	6	6	4	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	6	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	7	7	5	5	5	5	5

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