Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
20.7°C
1.1° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 10PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (05 Sep)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 25°C on Sun morning, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sun afternoon, calm by Mon night).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
3
3
4
3
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
11
0.6
SSE
10
1.5
NNE
6
0.9
N
6
1.2
NNE
6
0.4
SSE
9
0.4
SSE
9
0.6
S
5
0.9
S
6
1.6
S
7
2
S
7
2.2
S
7
2
S
8
2.5
S
11
1.8
SSE
10
1.6
SSE
10
1.4
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
8
1.2
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
46
78
143
54
94
26
26
19
58
236
447
506
529
1498
663
461
300
243
221
190
Wind (km/h)
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
S
10
SSW
30
SSE
35
S
20
S
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
S
20
SE
20
SE
10
SSE
5
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
High Tide
2:49PM1.64m
2:52AM0.94m
4:08PM1.71m
4:11AM0.97m
5:16PM1.79m
Low Tide
9:53PM0.56m
8:44AM0.32m
11:08PM0.51m
10:02AM0.24m
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:32
5:34
5:35
 mm
Temp °C
28
24
22
24
23
21
20
25
23
19
18
16
16
15
15
19
19
18
18
17
Feels °C
24
21
21
22
21
18
19
22
16
12
13
13
14
13
13
17
15
14
16
16
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