Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
20.9°C
0.7° 

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 (09 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 12AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (09 Oct)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (09 Oct)5ft (1.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat morning. Warm (max 26°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
0
3
3
3
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SSE
9
1.7
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.6
SE
11
1.6
SE
11
1.6
SE
10
1.5
SE
10
1.4
SE
10
1.2
SE
10
1.7
NNE
7
1.5
NNE
7
1.6
NNE
7
1.7
NNE
7
1.8
NNE
7
0.8
NE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
415
517
360
318
318
339
378
244
604
604
500
424
341
275
263
215
257
286
334
77
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
20
SE
5
S
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
ENE
20
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
20
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
7:40PM1.70m
7:33AM1.44m
8:20PM1.63m
8:15AM1.57m
8:56PM1.54m
Low Tide
1:51AM0.41m
1:50PM0.05m
2:21AM0.37m
2:37PM0.06m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
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Temp °C
19
18
17
16
14
12
13
18
19
20
19
19
17
17
20
22
26
25
26
25
Feels °C
14
15
16
15
13
11
12
17
16
19
19
18
17
16
18
21
24
22
24
24
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