Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Issued: 10 am 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is

20.9°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 (13 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 7PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Afternoon (13 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	7s
Evening (13 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 23°C on Tue morning, min 15°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Wed morning).
	Tuesday 13						Wednesday 14								Thursday 15
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 9	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	SSE 9	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 12	SSE 11	S 9	S 9	SSE 10	SSE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	75	48	37	37	27	28	42	235	560	1118	979	921	872	645	200	153	184	200	158	158	342	320
Wind (km/h)	SSE	ENE	ENE	S	S	SW	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	SE	ESE	SE	ESE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on
High Tide		10:16AM1.75m				10:31PM1.17m				10:58AM1.73m					11:01PM1.07m				11:44AM1.68m
Low Tide				4:52PM0.30m				4:14AM0.28m					5:39PM0.41m			4:45AM0.30m					6:30PM0.53m


	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:58	—	—
mm	—	—	1	1	1	3	4	2	3	3	1	1	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	23	21	22	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	17	18	17	17	17
Feels °C	22	23	21	22	19	17	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 9	ENE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	SSE 10	SSE 9
kJ	75	48	37	37	27	20	14	27	26	778	750	666	404	277	200	153	120	93	158	158	342	320
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	S 5	S 5	SSE 5	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 6	NE 6	E 8	E 15	S 18	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ENE 9	ENE 9
kJ	7	12	12	7	24	28	27	14	7	32	4	7	124	132	144	96	76	66	51	49	25	25
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	SSE 4	S 4	S 9	NE 11	NNE 11	—	E 15	E 15	SE 18	SE 16	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	E 13	E 13
kJ	13	13	12	12	4	3	6	4	11	—	4	4	12	66	82	116	184	200	126	105	3	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	—	—	S 4	S 4	S 4	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	SSE 9	SSE 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	ESE 6	—
kJ	22	—	—	3	6	7	42	235	560	1118	979	921	872	645	—	—	—	—	—	—	32	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	1	2
Distance (km)	27	62	62	17	52	17	127	283	488	17	17	17	17	17	17	0	0	17	17	17	290	127
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1				3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	4	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	4	4	9	4	7	4	6	4	5	5

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