Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Issued: 10 am 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is

20.6°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 (03 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 1PM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	5s
Afternoon (03 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	5s
Evening (03 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 24°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Tue night, fresh winds from the S by Thu afternoon).
	Tuesday 3						Wednesday 4								Thursday 5								Fri 6
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	3	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	SSE 9	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	E 6	E 8	NE 8	NE 7	S 5	S 6	S 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	31	27	33	53	100	231	119	39	48	67	26	43	52	30	32	33	33	151	190	320	418	581	389	388
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	NNW	NNE	NNW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SE	ESE	N	N	NW	SW	SW	S	S	S	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide				4:37PM1.64m				4:37AM1.13m					5:37PM1.59m				5:37AM1.26m				6:27PM1.53m
Low Tide		9:27AM0.27m					11:15PM0.54m			10:43AM0.26m					11:59PM0.51m				11:50AM0.23m				00:35AM0.46m


	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	7:15
mm	—	—	1	3	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	23	23	20	20	19	18	17	18	24	23	22	20	19	17	17	19	24	21	19	18	16	15	14
Feels °C	20	22	21	21	18	19	19	16	16	23	21	22	20	20	17	14	16	21	15	14	15	13	13	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 8	S 8	S 8	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	NE 7	NE 8	NE 7	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	E 8	S 4	S 6	E 9	E 9	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9
kJ	19	26	5	5	5	118	90	39	42	67	24	43	52	30	26	33	9	60	39	40	310	327	389	388
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	S 8	S 8	NE 6	E 8	SE 12	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	S 6	E 8	E 8	NNE 7	NNE 7	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 9
kJ	16	26	8	8	3	6	5	34	48	6	20	20	20	20	32	12	33	36	5	5	39	38	37	54
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 4	SSE 4	SE 4	S 15	SE 15	SE 14	SE 14	S 8	S 8	S 8	SE 12	NE 7	NE 7	NNE 6	NNE 6	SE 4	S 5	NNE 7	E 15	—	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	E 15
kJ	3	2	1	4	9	8	7	5	1	1	6	12	11	4	4	3	9	5	4	—	5	5	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 4	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	SW 2	SSW 4	S 5	S 5	S 6	—	—	NNW 2	WNW 2	SSW 5	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 8	—	—
kJ	31	27	33	53	100	231	119	1	5	23	26	94	—	—	1	1	85	151	190	320	418	581	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	2	2
Distance (km)	15	62	493	0	110	0	0	52	17	0	322	232	15	0	0	0	0	17	283	290	17	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1		1		2	2	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1	2			2	4	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5

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