Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 13 Jan 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
23.4° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average 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 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
1
E
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
NE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)888888888888787777787777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10192909068871041048289926511275737010310312417618116712259
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
NE
10
N
10
NW
5
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
5
NNW
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:57PM
0.96
5:58AM
1.50
5:54PM
0.93
6:52AM
1.59
6:46PM
0.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:45AM
0.62
10:45PM
0.48
12:56PM
0.60
11:37PM
0.42
1:49PM
0.56
12:28AM
0.34
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise5:56-------5:56-------5:58-------
Sunset---7:55-------7:54-------7:54----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222525252423232222242524232221192125242323222220
Feels °C (?)242725252525252323242423242322202324232326232321
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