Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 14 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
24.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 8AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (14 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (14 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)1311111111111010109999910101099999109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)495447431460460505419356295232177173143189163163159153146119119119129124
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
W
10
W
0
NW
15
E
15
E
5
NNE
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
N
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
W
5
W
5
NNE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglassononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
glassoffoffglassoffglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise--6:05-------6:07-------6:07-----
Sunset-----5:29-------5:28-------5:27--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151516202121201817151420212121191816162122222120
Feels °C (?)131314191819191716141319181922191816152221212221
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