Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 28 Mar 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
25.7° C
(Which is 1.4°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 6PM is: 4.0m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 3.0m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (28 Mar)15ft (4.5m)14s
Evening (28 Mar)15ft (4.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
7
6
8
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
4
3
3
3
3
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
4.5
S
4
S
4.5
S
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)141414141413121212121211111111101010999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2834308388766698661126762206173715601452237720781847970831679544434348292273228173169
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
20
SSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:35AM
1.71
5:34PM
1.00
6:36AM
1.74
6:29PM
1.13
7:26AM
1.74
7:15PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:31PM
0.52
11:28PM
0.24
1:15PM
0.49
12:31AM
0.15
1:50PM
0.47
1:25AM
0.09
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------
Sunset---6:50-------6:49-------6:46----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C142022201917171717212322222020201921222222212019
Feels °C (?)111617151514141415182019201919181720202021212019
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