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Crescent Head Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Port Macquarie (37 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?
The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 10PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 12s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Crescent Head. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 28 | 77 | 75 | 108 | 80 | 89 | 76 | 62 | 61 | 62 | 46 | 36 | 94 | 44 | 52 | 57 | 47 | 52 | 54 | 43 | 33 | 214 | 198 | 94 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:06PM 1.77 | 5:54AM 1.12 | 6:52PM 1.76 | 6:35AM 1.25 | 7:30PM 1.73 | 7:13AM 1.37 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:43AM 0.49 | 11:56AM 0.13 | 1:14AM 0.48 | 12:44PM 0.07 | 1:42AM 0.46 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:39 | - |
| Sunset | - | 5:40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:42 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 15 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Port Macquarie
Continuing clean conditions at Crescent Head (light winds from the N at Kempsey Airport Automatic Weather Station 25 km from Crescent Head). 1.3m 6s windswell from the ESE with a 1.0m 6s windswell, also from the ESE and a 0.5m 10s swell, also from the SSE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
25 km away, 47 min ago
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