Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 25 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
19.9° C
0.4° 

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 (26 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 3AM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm July 25). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jul)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (26 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (26 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue morning, min 11°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
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)
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSE
11
1.2
SSE
11
1.2
SSE
10
1.1
SSE
11
1.2
SSE
12
1.3
SSE
12
1.4
SSE
11
1.4
SSE
11
1
SSE
11
1
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
9
1.1
SSE
9
1.1
SSE
9
1
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
394
328
316
280
385
438
469
444
234
169
232
227
227
188
180
169
137
137
Wind (km/h)
5
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
10
E
10
ESE
5
S
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
SE
10
ESE
5
NE
10
NW
Wind State
glassy
off
off
off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
glassy
off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
5:36PM1.59m
5:26AM0.92m
6:26PM1.66m
6:13AM0.97m
7:10PM1.72m
Low Tide
00:36AM0.58m
11:09AM0.35m
1:18AM0.55m
12:00PM0.28m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:08
5:08
 mm
1
Temp °C
14
13
13
12
11
14
16
16
16
14
14
13
12
14
16
16
17
14
Feels °C
12
10
9
9
8
12
13
13
15
12
12
11
10
13
14
15
17
13
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