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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
23.9° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (12 May) | 6ft (1.8m) | 11s |
| Evening (12 May) | 6ft (1.9m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Crescent Head. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 38mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 17°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 12 | Wednesday 13 | Thursday 14 | Fri 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | SSE 11 | SE 7 | SSE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SSE 7 | E 7 | SSE 8 | ESE 7 | SE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | |
785 | 757 | 853 | 792 | 244 | 324 | 234 | 262 | 269 | 193 | 212 | 199 | 232 | 309 | 289 | 297 | 289 | 272 | 272 | 222 | 222 | 183 | 183 | 188 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 4:13PM1.31m | 4:55AM1.45m | 5:09PM1.46m | 5:42AM1.44m | 6:01PM1.63m | 6:29AM1.42m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:29PM0.31m | 11:03AM0.41m | 11:29PM0.25m | 11:44AM0.31m | 00:26AM0.20m | |||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | |
— | 5:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:00 | |
1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 |
194 | 200 | 210 | 204 | 244 | 228 | 234 | 262 | 269 | 193 | 204 | 199 | 173 | 309 | 289 | 297 | 289 | 272 | 272 | 222 | 222 | 183 | 183 | 188 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 6 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 |
138 | 139 | 103 | 99 | 64 | 60 | 62 | 59 | 37 | 79 | 134 | 134 | 138 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | N 10 | S 25 | S 24 | SE 23 | SSE 22 | ESE 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | E 10 | E 10 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | — | — | — | ESE 9 |
84 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 46 | 40 | 37 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 18 | — | — | — | 17 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SE 7 | SSE 7 | — | E 6 | E 7 | ESE 7 | E 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
785 | 757 | 853 | 792 | 155 | 324 | — | 79 | 104 | 157 | 212 | 186 | 232 | — | — | — | — | — | 247 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 199 | 199 | 99 | 52 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 290 | 62 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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