Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 30 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
20.5°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 (30 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 8AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 30). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (30 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (30 Oct)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.

Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
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
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSE
10
1
SSE
12
0.7
SSE
15
1.2
SSE
9
1
SSE
9
0.7
SE
14
0.6
SSE
14
0.9
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
9
0.6
SSE
13
0.6
SSE
13
0.6
SSE
12
0.6
SSE
12
0.7
SSE
12
2.2
NNE
6
2
NNE
7
1.7
NNE
6
1.7
NNE
7
1.7
NNE
7
0.9
NE
7
1.4
NE
7
0.9
NE
7
0.9
NE
7
0.9
NE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
242
280
202
222
173
206
146
146
111
118
113
104
98
123
406
339
220
241
270
69
163
67
67
79
Wind (km/h)
10
W
5
SW
5
W
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
NW
10
N
15
NNW
25
NE
5
E
5
NE
5
W
Wind State
off
glassy
off
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
glassy
off
High Tide
11:11PM1.11m
11:58AM1.91m
00:02AM1.03m
1:02PM1.84m
1:02AM0.97m
2:13PM1.76m
Low Tide
4:57AM0.15m
6:50PM0.39m
5:50AM0.18m
8:00PM0.47m
6:53AM0.23m
9:13PM0.53m
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2
1
3
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Temp °C
17
16
15
19
20
20
19
19
18
17
17
21
21
21
20
20
18
18
17
20
22
22
20
20
Feels °C
16
16
15
18
18
19
18
18
17
16
15
18
18
18
17
19
17
18
17
20
20
24
23
22
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