Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 07 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
23.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 7PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)--
Afternoon (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
NE
1.3
NE
1.4
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.3
NNE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
NE
2.4
NNE
2.2
NNE
2.2
NNE
1.7
NNE
2.2
NE
Period(s) (?)999998888455555666677767
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39252323232323222216238410690974055120172495427437237437
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
20
ENE
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
20
N
25
NNE
25
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
N
30
N
25
N
20
N
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
1.21
12:57PM
1.68
12:39AM
1.24
1:41PM
1.49
1:33AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:37PM
0.49
6:02AM
0.08
7:15PM
0.55
6:55AM
0.22
7:51PM
0.57
7:54AM
0.36
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise------5:52-------5:52-------5:52-
Sunset-7:55-------7:55-------7:55------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252524232120212526252323222021242525242322222228
Feels °C (?)252425242221222424232322211919212222222119202126
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