Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 04 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 7PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)--
Afternoon (04 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (04 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
S
1.5
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.3
NNE
0.8
NE
1.1
NE
2
NNE
2
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.1
NE
1.4
NE
1.5
NE
3
NNE
1.3
NE
2.1
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.6
NNE
Period(s) (?)779665666667777677788877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5738391311261061001044685312350328268261284109189237856205501362257
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
15
N
10
N
15
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
N
15
N
20
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
5
NW
5
N
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:21PM
1.24
8:56AM
2.06
9:10PM
1.17
9:49AM
2.11
9:57PM
1.11
10:43AM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:07AM
0.08
3:41PM
0.17
2:53AM
0.04
4:37PM
0.22
3:41AM
0.02
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise------5:35-------5:35-------5:35-
Sunset-7:38-------7:39-------7:40------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242322212018202726242322212023292826242423212328
Feels °C (?)212020191916202623222221201922272624212223232427
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