Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
20.7°C
1.1° 

Crescent Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Crescent Head today (09 Sep):

  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 12AM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)--
Afternoon (09 Sep)--
Evening (09 Sep)6ft (1.8m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
9
1.7
SSE
8
1.6
SSE
8
1.5
SSE
8
1.4
SE
8
1.4
SSE
8
1.3
SSE
8
1.3
SSE
8
1.9
SSE
8
3
S
8
3
S
9
3
S
9
3
S
10
3
S
10
2.5
S
10
2.5
S
9
2.5
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
548
475
409
360
330
295
273
235
212
427
1188
1556
1637
1782
1555
1207
1052
1021
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
10
S
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
NE
20
E
15
SE
15
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
off
off
off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:13PM1.87m
6:06AM1.18m
7:03PM1.90m
6:52AM1.30m
7:47PM1.87m
Low Tide
00:49AM0.41m
12:08PM0.03m
1:28AM0.38m
1:00PM-0.05m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:36
5:36
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
17
16
13
13
12
16
17
18
17
15
14
15
14
16
16
15
15
14
Feels °C
13
13
10
11
10
14
13
15
14
10
9
9
9
11
12
11
12
11
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Crescent Head surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest