Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Issued: 4 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is

21.2°C

Crescent Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Crescent Head today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 12PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 05). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Evening (05 Nov)	7ft (2.1m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 26°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Sat night).
	Thursday 5								Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	SSE 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 7	S 7
Wave Graph
kJ	33	32	33	35	56	200	475	501	569	380	286	256	287	287	243	185	140	83	83	62	47	43	42	41	111	266
Wind (km/h)	NW	WSW	W	NE	SE	SSE	SSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SE	E	ENE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	SSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-on	on	on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			5:37AM1.26m				6:27PM1.53m				6:28AM1.41m				7:10PM1.45m				7:15AM1.55m				7:48PM1.36m
Low Tide	11:59PM0.51m				11:50AM0.23m				00:35AM0.46m				12:49PM0.21m				1:07AM0.41m				1:41PM0.21m				1:37AM0.35m


	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46
	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	7:16
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	19	24	23	20	18	16	15	15	16	20	20	20	19	18	17	15	17	26	24	24	22	19	17	15
Feels °C	17	16	19	23	19	15	14	14	13	13	14	18	17	18	18	17	16	14	16	24	22	23	24	15	13	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	S 7	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	33	32	33	35	56	56	365	356	327	380	286	256	287	287	243	185	140	83	83	62	44	43	26	41	41	41
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 4	SSE 4	S 6	S 4	NNE 6	E 15	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 9	E 9	S 7	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	6	3	6	4	4	4	56	54	52	52	38	38	37	36	36	37	38	39	39	43	47	43	42	24	12	14
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	S 6	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	NE 6	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	—	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	E 12	E 12
kJ	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	6	7	—	10	10	10	11	12
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 2	—	S 6	S 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 6	NNE 3	N 4	NNE 4	NNE 5	—	NE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	—	S 7	S 7
kJ	1	—	17	22	22	200	475	501	569	—	—	—	—	—	8	5	17	24	26	—	10	34	31	—	111	266
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3
Distance (km)	0	0	0	17	127	206	17	0	0	0	0	17	199	290	33	15	0	0	0	98	155	171	33	62	52	52
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