Crescent Head Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Port Macquarie (37 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (31.19° S 152.98° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 29 May 2026 AEST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 23.2° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crescent Head today (29 May):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 May, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 May, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 May, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 8AM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am May 29). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 May)	5ft (1.6m)	10s
Afternoon (29 May)	5ft (1.6m)	10s
Evening (29 May)	5ft (1.5m)	10s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SSW 8	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 8	S 8	SSW 8	S 8	S 8	E 10	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSW 8	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	592	557	494	494	555	492	434	377	588	277	233	195	184	358	316	424	169	165	134	130	105	195	257	100
Wind (km/h)	NNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	W	W	W	W	WNW	WSW	SW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	SW	SW	W	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide			6:32AM1.15m				6:57PM1.67m					7:07AM1.10m				7:38PM1.74m				7:42AM1.06m				8:19PM1.78m
Low Tide	00:49AM0.38m				12:15PM0.36m					1:37AM0.39m			12:48PM0.31m					2:22AM0.40m				1:23PM0.27m


	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	4:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—
mm	—	—	1	—	2	7	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	14	14	17	17	17	17	15	14	13	13	16	21	20	16	14	13	12	12	18	20	19	15	14
Feels °C	15	13	13	16	16	14	16	14	12	11	11	14	17	16	13	12	11	9	9	15	16	15	11	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8
kJ	592	557	494	494	555	492	434	377	325	200	200	195	165	165	169	169	169	165	134	130	105	105	105	100
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSW 5	S 7	S 8	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	14	13	13	12	11	11	32	86	210	277	233	188	184	149	118	118	121	118	118	89	87	83	83	60
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 8	S 8	S 16	S 8	S 11	NE 7	SSE 9	NNE 7	NNE 7	—	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 15	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	N 12	NE 9	NE 9
kJ	48	21	12	44	10	21	13	48	5	5	—	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	SW 2	SW 4	SSW 6	SSW 8	SSW 8	WSW 3	W 3	—	—	S 8	S 8	SSW 8	W 3	W 2	—	W 2	—	S 8	SSW 8	WSW 4
kJ	—	—	—	—	2	3	164	336	588	3	3	—	—	358	316	424	1	1	—	1	—	195	257	10
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	14	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
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