Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 01 Dec 2025 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
23.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 3AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm December 01). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Afternoon (02 Dec)7ft (2.1m)8s
Evening (02 Dec)10ft (3.0m)9s

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

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Mon
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
3
4
4
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
S
1.8
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.8
SSE
2.4
SSE
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)8888678999109988888877777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9677851082555324488581366117110654643282442011591351311077874574025
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
S
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
SSW
35
S
30
S
20
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
ESE
20
E
15
E
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
15
NE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffonononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:46PM
1.40
6:14AM
1.61
6:39PM
1.36
7:09AM
1.79
7:31PM
1.30
8:03AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
0.32
12:41PM
0.26
12:36AM
0.23
1:43PM
0.21
1:21AM
0.15
2:43PM
0.17
Mon
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise----5:35-------5:35-------5:35---
Sunset-------7:37-------7:37-------7:38
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-2-1--------------------
Temp. °C211714131520212019171615172020212119181617242524
Feels °C (?)1815128913141415151313161817192018171516232222
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