Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 22 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
24.3° C
(Which is 1.0°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 5PM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 2.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (22 Apr)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (22 Apr)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SE
2.3
SE
2.2
SE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.5
SE
2.4
SE
2.1
SE
2
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)101011111111111112121211111110101010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14221379143214591487151415701626174514991302108299914591254916784725670657609501445426
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
0
W
5
WSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:34AM
0.99
12:36AM
1.82
12:36PM
0.93
1:50AM
1.75
1:49PM
0.93
3:05AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:24AM
0.40
5:19PM
0.21
7:40AM
0.49
6:23PM
0.26
8:56AM
0.54
7:40PM
0.29
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise6:11-------6:11-------6:13-------
Sunset---5:21-------5:19-------5:17----
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161819191918171717202121202020201921212120191919
Feels °C (?)141515161616151515171717171717171720192020202019
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