Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
21.5°C
1.0° 

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 (22 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 7s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 7s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 1AM is: 2.1m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)8ft (2.4m)7s
Afternoon (22 Oct)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (22 Oct)6ft (1.8m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 80mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Sat afternoon, min 17°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
ENE
7
2.2
ENE
7
2
ENE
7
2.2
ENE
7
2.4
ENE
7
2.4
NE
7
1.9
ENE
7
2.1
NE
7
1.9
NE
7
1.7
NE
7
1.6
NE
7
1.6
NE
7
1.8
NE
6
2.2
NE
7
2.3
NE
7
2.2
NE
7
2
ENE
7
2.1
NE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
542
542
435
504
611
623
387
428
323
268
237
220
269
412
495
476
440
485
Wind (km/h)
20
ENE
20
E
5
NNW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
NNW
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
ENE
10
NE
15
N
20
N
Wind State
on
on
glassy
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
5:43PM1.46m
5:33AM1.20m
6:26PM1.48m
6:21AM1.35m
7:05PM1.50m
Low Tide
00:01AM0.59m
11:47AM0.30m
00:34AM0.50m
12:38PM0.22m
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
6:01
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:01
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:02
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:04
—
—
 mm
—
2
1
4
14
16
17
10
1
1
1
2
5
3
2
1
—
—
Temp °C
19
19
18
17
17
17
17
17
18
18
18
18
18
17
18
19
19
19
Feels °C
17
18
19
18
18
18
15
15
17
17
18
18
18
17
18
19
19
18
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Crescent Head surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest