Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 10 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
20.0° 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 (10 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 8PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 21s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)--
Afternoon (10 Jul)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (10 Jul)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Sun morning, min 8°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
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
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
0
1
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
SE
10
1.8
SE
11
1.7
SE
10
1.6
SE
10
1.5
SE
10
1.3
SE
10
1.3
SE
9
0.9
ESE
12
1.2
ESE
12
1.2
ESE
11
1.4
ESE
11
1.4
ESE
10
1.3
ESE
10
1.2
ESE
10
1.1
SE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.8
ESE
10
0.7
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.7
SSW
7
0.9
SSW
7
0.6
S
7
0.6
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
651
690
627
530
425
334
275
213
361
331
433
417
314
267
225
151
148
103
75
73
46
70
39
40
Wind (km/h)
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
10
W
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
NNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
4:22PM1.64m
4:33AM1.12m
5:28PM1.78m
5:37AM1.09m
6:28PM1.92m
6:35AM1.10m
Low Tide
11:03PM0.44m
10:28AM0.25m
00:14AM0.38m
11:27AM0.17m
1:16AM0.32m
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:46
6:46
6:45
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:00
5:00
5:00
5:00
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
15
15
14
13
12
12
13
17
17
16
14
14
13
12
17
20
20
16
13
11
10
8
11
Feels °C
13
13
14
12
11
10
11
11
14
14
14
11
11
10
9
13
15
16
13
11
9
7
5
8
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