Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
20.3°C
0.8° 

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 (04 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 3AM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 03). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Afternoon (04 Sep)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (04 Sep)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
10
0.6
NE
7
0.6
NE
7
0.4
SE
10
0.8
S
5
0.4
SE
10
0.6
S
7
0.6
SSE
12
0.9
SSE
11
0.9
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
9
0.6
S
9
0.6
S
8
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SSE
11
0.5
SSE
10
1.5
NNE
6
1.3
NNE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
39
38
38
25
36
25
34
99
217
176
86
56
51
34
46
57
136
108
Wind (km/h)
15
W
5
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
S
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
00:22AM1.09m
1:27PM1.61m
1:29AM0.98m
2:49PM1.64m
Low Tide
6:54PM0.48m
6:20AM0.33m
8:20PM0.56m
7:26AM0.34m
9:53PM0.56m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:01
6:00
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:32
5:32
 mm
Temp °C
26
22
19
17
15
18
19
19
18
17
16
15
15
21
25
22
21
22
Feels °C
23
20
17
14
13
17
17
17
18
17
16
13
12
18
20
19
20
21
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