Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 01 Jan 2026 AEDT
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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
22.2° C
(Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 5AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (02 Jan)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (02 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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

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Thu
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
2
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ESE
1.9
SE
1.3
ESE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SSE
1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
1.7
NNE
Period(s) (?)121212111111999998988888888886
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6369804495154584083753323003072661311741661431291141047474745959178
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
0
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
0
NW
10
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:12PM
1.12
7:57AM
1.98
8:05PM
1.11
8:51AM
2.08
8:54PM
1.11
9:44AM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:58AM
0.14
2:45PM
0.27
1:51AM
0.06
3:38PM
0.26
2:42AM
-0.01
4:28PM
0.29
Thu
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Sunrise----5:47-------5:48-------5:48---
Sunset-------7:54-------7:54-------7:54
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-1--------------------13
Temp. °C212020191920202019201918192123222221202021252422
Feels °C (?)221920181819191919211918202021212220202021252624
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