Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
25.1° 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 3PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 2s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)99991514141413131313131312121213131313141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)136133106106131163160192181232229225335330305295297356423413499515586577
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
NNE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
0
WSW
25
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:12PM
0.90
1:54AM
1.46
1:23PM
0.90
3:06AM
1.45
2:45PM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:46AM
0.70
6:16PM
0.42
9:00AM
0.72
7:31PM
0.44
10:00AM
0.70
8:52PM
0.41
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise6:03-------6:03-------6:03-------
Sunset---5:35-------5:34-------5:32----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192325242322212020252724232322222228252422201917
Feels °C (?)202425242523222021252623222323232329222322201916
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