Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Issued: 3 pm 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is

19.7° 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 (28 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 10PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (28 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Evening (28 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 28				Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 7	SE 7	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 7	SSE 12	S 11	S 10	SSE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	71	31	29	18	17	15	11	8	13	13	12	13	58	182	188	131	164	866	840	314
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	N	WNW	W	W	W	W	SE	ESE	NNW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	S	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	off	off	off	glassy	on	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide				7:50PM1.76m				7:31AM1.11m				8:28PM1.78m				8:06AM1.18m				9:05PM1.77m
Low Tide						2:24AM0.50m				1:30PM0.13m				2:54AM0.49m				2:12PM0.08m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	5:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:10	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	18	17	15	14	14	13	16	20	18	17	15	12	10	9	12	15	15	15	13
Feels °C	16	15	16	14	11	11	10	13	17	15	16	11	7	5	4	7	10	11	12	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 7	SE 7	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	SSW 6	S 6	S 7	S 7	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 9
kJ	71	31	29	18	17	15	11	8	13	13	12	8	13	47	85	73	164	400	375	314
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	S 7	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	SSE 13	S 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6
kJ	1	19	18	14	13	8	9	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	3	34	43	8	8	8
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 15	E 8	ENE 3	ENE 3	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	SE 7	SE 7	SSE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	E 12	ENE 6	ENE 5	E 13	—	E 13
kJ	8	1	1	1	2	3	3	7	7	4	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	—	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NE 3	NNE 3	—	—	SSW 4	—	—	—	—	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 7	S 6	S 11	S 10	—
kJ	—	—	2	4	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	13	58	182	188	131	104	866	840	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	2
Distance (km)	146	76	15	31	62	31	187	263	264	52	52	435	187	14	14	0	17	199	17	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1				1	1			1	2	4	4		4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	3	3	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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