Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 11 Jan 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
24.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 9PM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 2.0m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)--
Afternoon (11 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (11 Jan)8ft (2.4m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1.7
S
2.3
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.2
ESE
0.9
ENE
1.4
SE
1.2
ESE
0.9
ENE
0.8
S
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)878888777797798888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15726360072872464051235627311612118312010896929090878785838594
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSE
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassonononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:10PM
1.16
3:44AM
1.34
4:01PM
1.04
4:54AM
1.41
4:57PM
0.96
5:58AM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:09PM
0.56
10:22AM
0.59
9:54PM
0.52
11:45AM
0.62
10:45PM
0.48
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise------5:54-------5:56-------5:56-
Sunset-7:55-------7:55-------7:55------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252322222220202323232322212122242525242322202226
Feels °C (?)222020202019192121222323222224262525252524222426
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