Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
19.6°C
0.6° 

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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 4PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (06 Oct)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (06 Oct)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Warm (max 27°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
3
2
3
3
3
4
3
2
2
1
4
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
1.3
S
6
2.3
S
7
2.5
S
8
3
S
9
3
S
10
2.5
S
10
2.4
S
10
2.4
S
9
2.1
S
9
2.3
S
11
2.1
S
10
2
S
10
2.1
S
9
1.7
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
188
184
173
154
146
116
124
121
105
539
805
1245
1697
1548
1087
937
686
1197
847
725
732
426
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
5
W
20
SE
10
ESE
0
SSE
5
WSW
10
SW
20
SW
30
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSW
10
W
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
High Tide
6:02PM1.73m
5:58AM1.15m
6:55PM1.73m
6:48AM1.30m
7:40PM1.70m
Low Tide
10:56AM0.23m
00:39AM0.48m
12:02PM0.15m
1:17AM0.45m
12:59PM0.08m
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
19
27
22
20
20
19
18
16
16
16
17
17
16
13
13
13
14
18
18
17
16
14
Feels °C
19
27
20
20
22
20
17
13
11
12
12
11
11
9
9
9
10
14
13
12
13
12
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