Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Issued: 4 am 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is

20.6°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 (02 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 9AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (02 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Evening (02 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Monday 2								Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	S 9	SE 10	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	NNE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 7	NNE 6	E 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	S 5	S 6	S 6
Wave Graph
kJ	42	32	26	31	64	29	37	34	20	39	19	113	64	364	491	239	42	71	51	44	28	45	74	44
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SW	SSE	ESE	E	ENE	NNE	NNW	NE	N	NE	NE	ENE	NE	WNW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SSE	NE	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off
High Tide		2:13AM0.97m				3:27PM1.70m				3:28AM1.02m				4:37PM1.64m				4:37AM1.13m					5:37PM1.59m
Low Tide				8:07AM0.27m				10:21PM0.55m				9:27AM0.27m					11:15PM0.54m			10:43AM0.26m


	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—
mm	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	12	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	18	18	21	22	21	21	20	19	19	20	23	22	21	21	19	18	18	18	23	24	22	20	19
Feels °C	20	18	18	21	21	21	23	21	20	20	20	23	20	19	20	20	18	16	16	21	21	21	21	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 9	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	S 8	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 6
kJ	42	32	26	26	64	21	20	20	20	19	19	31	5	128	204	103	42	71	51	34	28	45	74	44
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	ENE 6	S 8	S 5	S 5	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 8	S 9	S 9	E 7	S 8	S 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	29	26	25	31	26	29	12	8	17	28	16	26	8	5	6	6	35	5	1	44	24	18	20	21
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	E 13	E 11	E 11	E 11	SE 10	SE 9	SSE 9	SE 4	SE 4	SSE 4	SE 4	E 12	SSE 9	SE 16	SE 14	S 8	SE 13	SE 13	SE 12	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 7	NNE 6
kJ	3	3	2	2	2	23	22	17	3	3	2	1	3	8	9	8	5	7	6	6	13	21	7	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	S 3	—	—	NE 6	NE 6	—	NE 6	—	NNE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 7	NNE 6	W 2	SW 3	S 5	SSW 6	S 6	S 6	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	1	—	—	37	34	—	39	—	113	64	364	491	239	1	2	16	98	62	101	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	17	341	290	76	33	0	76	66	194	340	362	135	0	0	17	17	0	232	76	17	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1				2	2	2	1	1	1		1	1	1
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