Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 29 Oct 2025 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
21.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 4PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (29 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (29 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
Sat
01
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.2
E
1.2
E
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)9999977779999988811111010998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29225525519919923726814714712711994999911712712713513014181787555
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
NNE
0
NNE
10
E
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
5
E
20
SE
15
SSE
10
S
5
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
5
ENE
5
N
5
NNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:41PM
1.48
2:22AM
0.98
3:47PM
1.47
3:39AM
1.06
4:46PM
1.49
4:46AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:15AM
0.39
9:30PM
0.69
8:31AM
0.40
10:25PM
0.64
9:48AM
0.36
11:13PM
0.56
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
Sat
01
Sunrise5:54-------5:54-------5:52-------
Sunset---7:07-------7:08-------7:09----
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
121--2----1-------------
Temp. °C171616181717161516221919191817161720212121201918
Feels °C (?)171717181718171516221718191818161820202023222119
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