Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
20.6°C
0.6° 

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 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 3AM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (04 Nov)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (04 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 24°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Thu afternoon, calm by Fri morning).

Tue
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
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
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
NE
5
0.9
ENE
6
0.8
ENE
6
0.6
NE
6
0.8
ENE
7
0.7
NE
8
0.6
NE
8
0.8
S
5
0.8
S
5
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.7
S
6
1.4
S
6
2
S
7
2.1
S
7
1.7
SSE
8
1.6
SSE
8
1.6
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
77
45
37
26
66
59
48
31
29
21
22
22
22
36
151
435
475
310
330
371
Wind (km/h)
10
ENE
5
WNW
10
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
SW
10
W
15
SE
35
SSE
30
S
15
S
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
High Tide
4:37AM1.13m
5:37PM1.59m
5:37AM1.26m
6:27PM1.53m
Low Tide
11:15PM0.54m
10:43AM0.26m
11:59PM0.51m
11:50AM0.23m
00:35AM0.46m
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:13
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7:14
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7:15
 mm
3
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Temp °C
21
19
18
17
18
24
23
22
20
19
17
17
19
24
21
19
18
16
15
14
Feels °C
22
21
19
15
16
22
20
21
21
20
17
14
17
21
15
14
16
14
13
12
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