Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 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):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 3PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (05 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (05 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 27°C on Sat morning, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sun afternoon, calm by Mon night).

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
3
3
4
3
2
0
0
1
2
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)
0.6
S
8
0.4
SSE
11
0.4
SSE
11
0.6
SSE
10
1.5
NNE
6
1.3
NNE
6
1
NNE
6
0.4
SSE
9
0.4
SSE
9
0.6
S
5
0.8
S
6
1.5
S
7
3
S
8
2.3
S
8
2
S
8
2.5
S
11
1.9
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
10
1.6
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
51
50
46
78
141
115
65
26
26
17
43
196
889
583
529
1615
822
596
433
294
237
217
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
N
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
S
10
SW
25
SSE
30
S
20
S
15
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
S
20
SE
20
SE
10
SSE
0
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-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
7:26AM0.34m
9:53PM0.56m
8:44AM0.32m
11:08PM0.51m
10:02AM0.24m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
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>
6:00
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
16
23
27
23
21
22
22
21
19
25
23
19
18
16
16
15
15
19
19
18
18
17
Feels °C
13
20
22
20
19
20
19
18
17
21
17
12
14
13
13
13
12
17
15
14
16
17
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