Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 20 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 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 1PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 2.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (20 Apr)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (20 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
6
5
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
2
2
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)131313121212121111111111111110101010111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)390339253440333132252738231421231948172419671775162814891308132613261455141014361363119212361164
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:54AM
1.22
10:29PM
1.94
10:41AM
1.10
11:29PM
1.89
11:34AM
0.99
12:36AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:14AM
0.18
3:40PM
0.14
5:16AM
0.29
4:25PM
0.17
6:24AM
0.40
5:19PM
0.21
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise6:09-------6:11-------6:11-------
Sunset---5:22-------5:22-------5:21----
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part cloud
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part cloud
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light rain
part cloud
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rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
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rain showers
cloud
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Rain (mm)
-------1--11111-----1---
Temp. °C171921211918171716181920191716161616202119181818
Feels °C (?)141516161515141413151616171413141414171817161616
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