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Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 16 Feb 2026 AEDT
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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
25.9° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 5PM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (16 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (16 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.9
NE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1
NE
1
NE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)87777777777666551010699559
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16323220017614511812197949473100666492824946605046535747
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
20
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
20
ENE
20
NE
10
N
10
N
5
NW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:42AM
1.77
8:22PM
1.23
9:18AM
1.80
8:59PM
1.33
9:54AM
1.79
9:38PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:05PM
0.47
2:29AM
0.05
3:34PM
0.43
3:10AM
-0.01
4:04PM
0.40
3:52AM
-0.03
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
Sunrise6:26-------6:26-------6:28-------
Sunset---7:36-------7:35-------7:34----
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1321--------------------
Temp. °C202223232221181718232324232220181928292725262422
Feels °C (?)212021212121181718232122232219181929272626272622
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