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Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia
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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
24.3° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?
The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 9PM is: 2.3m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 1.5m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (08 May) | 5ft (1.6m) | 11s |
| Evening (08 May) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Crescent Head. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 22°C on Mon morning, min 13°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 8 | Saturday 9 | Sunday 10 | Mon 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 PM | 4 PM | 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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | S 10 | S 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 11 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | S 9 | S 11 | S 11 | |
668 | 582 | 496 | 1134 | 2440 | 1224 | 1008 | 1672 | 1345 | 1308 | 1212 | 329 | 433 | 367 | 308 | 502 | 471 | 459 | 262 | 227 | 190 | 386 | 669 | 658 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
glassy | glassy | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | |
High Tide | 11:51AM0.97m | 1:17AM1.49m | 12:54PM1.00m | 2:17AM1.45m | 2:03PM1.07m | 3:13AM1.44m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:58PM0.36m | 7:59AM0.68m | 7:05PM0.38m | 8:50AM0.66m | 8:16PM0.38m | 9:37AM0.60m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | |
— | 5:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:04 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:02 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
Temp °C | 20 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 20 |
17 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 12 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 |
668 | 582 | 496 | 321 | 400 | 1224 | 1008 | 759 | 573 | 550 | 631 | 329 | 433 | 367 | 308 | 287 | 237 | 237 | 262 | 227 | 190 | 216 | 256 | 207 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 10 | E 11 | E 10 | SSE 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | SSE 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 |
98 | 104 | 108 | 106 | 196 | 108 | 110 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 85 | 154 | 87 | 118 | 123 | 136 | 138 | 136 | 175 | 166 | 163 | 268 | 273 | 273 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | SSE 11 | E 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | S 20 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 11 | E 11 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | SE 18 | SE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 15 | SSE 17 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 |
3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 106 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 84 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 21 | 113 | 97 | 91 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | S 10 | S 12 | — | — | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 11 | — | — | — | — | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | — | — | — | S 9 | S 11 | S 11 |
— | — | — | 1134 | 2440 | — | — | 1672 | 1345 | 1308 | 1212 | — | — | — | — | 502 | 471 | 459 | — | — | — | 386 | 669 | 658 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 76 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 52 |
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