Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Issued: 4 am 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is

20.8°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 (27 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 9AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	9s
Afternoon (27 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s
Evening (27 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 22°C on Wed morning, min 15°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28								Thursday 29
	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)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	SSE 8	SSE 11	SSE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	245	284	346	268	213	162	150	118	116	72	70	46	42	41	41	54	52	52	49	47	34	70	222	227
Wind (km/h)	SE	ESE	SE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	WNW	W	WSW	S	ESE	NE	NNW	NNE	WNW	SW	SW	SE	ESE	ESE	ENE	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	off	cross	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	glassy
High Tide				9:21AM1.88m				9:41PM1.32m				10:09AM1.94m				10:25PM1.22m					11:01AM1.95m
Low Tide		2:51AM0.17m				3:54PM0.15m				3:29AM0.13m				4:48PM0.21m				4:11AM0.13m					5:46PM0.29m


	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—
mm	2	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	17	18	19	18	18	18	16	17	17	22	21	21	19	19	17	15	16	20	20	20	19	19
Feels °C	16	16	16	17	18	17	16	17	16	17	16	19	18	19	17	18	16	13	14	18	17	18	18	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	SSE 8	SSE 11	SSE 10
kJ	149	284	346	268	213	162	150	118	92	51	51	46	42	41	41	54	52	52	49	47	34	70	222	227
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	E 8	E 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 8	E 8	E 8	ENE 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	30	31	33	49	49	64	36	29	56	72	70	35	36	29	31	30	19	41	40	39	24	23	22	22
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	E 13	E 13	ENE 4	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	NNE 7	NNE 6	NE 6	E 9	NE 6	SE 16	SSE 15	SSE 8	SSE 11	SE 16	SE 16
kJ	31	28	13	12	14	3	3	11	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	7	2	10	22	24	48	66	64
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	—	ENE 8	—	—	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	—	SW 3	SW 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	245	—	65	—	—	96	65	105	116	—	2	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2
Distance (km)	17	17	62	118	76	76	76	46	0	0	0	14	199	76	0	15	0	0	0	14	199	199	46	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	2	2			3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	1	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5
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