Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
19.6°C
0.5° 

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 (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 2PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 2.1m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (07 Oct)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (07 Oct)10ft (3.0m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
1
3
3
3
3
4
3
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
S
6
2.2
S
7
2.5
S
8
2.5
S
9
3
S
10
2.5
S
10
2.5
S
10
2.3
S
9
2
S
9
2.2
S
11
2
S
10
1.9
S
10
1.5
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.6
SE
11
1.7
SE
11
1.7
SE
11
1.6
SE
10
1.5
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
171
524
891
1190
1616
1460
1153
859
623
1089
769
654
360
360
346
378
415
604
663
651
582
432
Wind (km/h)
25
S
20
S
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
S
20
SE
20
SSE
10
SSW
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
E
20
E
10
ENE
10
N
15
N
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
on
on
on
cross
cross
High Tide
5:58AM1.15m
6:55PM1.73m
6:48AM1.30m
7:40PM1.70m
7:33AM1.44m
8:20PM1.63m
Low Tide
12:02PM0.15m
1:17AM0.45m
12:59PM0.08m
1:51AM0.41m
1:50PM0.05m
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:18
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6:16
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6:52
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6:52
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1
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Temp °C
17
16
18
18
17
15
15
14
14
18
19
17
17
15
13
12
12
18
18
19
18
18
Feels °C
13
12
13
13
12
11
11
10
11
15
14
13
15
14
11
11
11
16
15
17
17
17
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