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Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 03 Feb 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
25.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 11PM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)--
Afternoon (03 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (03 Feb)5ft (1.5m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
1.2
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.6
SE
0.8
NE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)999999888888888889555858
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48645039730027323319318814319612010010010082848674615955423332
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
NE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NNE
15
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
N
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:00PM
1.30
10:59AM
1.87
10:40PM
1.36
11:38AM
1.72
11:22PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:09AM
-0.08
5:14PM
0.43
4:55AM
-0.01
5:45PM
0.46
5:40AM
0.10
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise------6:16-------6:16-------6:18-
Sunset-7:46-------7:45-------7:45------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222221211918192223232221201918242524222222201925
Feels °C (?)192019201817192122212120191918232322222223222025
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