Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 14 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
21.6°C
1.2° 

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 (14 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 11PM is: 2.2m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 1.8m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Oct)--
Afternoon (14 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Evening (14 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu night, min 15°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
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)
3
3
3
4
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
S
8
2.4
S
9
2.3
S
9
2.2
S
9
1.7
SSE
8
1.2
S
8
1.1
S
8
1
S
9
0.9
SSE
11
1.4
SSE
11
1.4
SSE
10
1.3
SSE
10
1.3
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.4
SE
9
1.4
SE
9
1.4
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
701
861
885
741
352
190
157
166
207
452
386
319
305
255
255
270
270
294
307
365
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
S
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:01PM1.07m
11:44AM1.68m
11:34PM0.99m
12:34PM1.61m
Low Tide
4:45AM0.30m
6:30PM0.53m
5:21AM0.33m
7:28PM0.62m
light rain
light rain
light rain
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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6:09
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6:57
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6:58
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6:59
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 mm
1
1
1
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1
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Temp °C
16
16
15
15
16
16
15
17
17
17
18
17
17
16
17
18
18
18
17
17
Feels °C
13
13
12
12
13
14
13
15
16
14
15
15
16
15
16
15
15
15
14
15
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