Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Issued: 4 am 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is

19.8°C

Crescent Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Crescent Head today (05 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 1PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	9s
Afternoon (05 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	10s
Evening (05 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 25°C on Tue morning, min 14°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Monday 5								Tuesday 6								Wednesday 7
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	0	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 10	ENE 10	NE 10	NE 10	ENE 10	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	SSE 6	S 8	S 9	S 10	S 10
Wave Graph
kJ	335	315	306	378	358	535	524	305	248	222	184	184	154	143	146	146	113	82	82	225	620	1033	1431	1381
Wind (km/h)	NNW	WNW	SW	SE	N	NE	NNW	W	NW	WNW	WNW	SSW	ESE	NE	NE	W	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-off	off	cross-off	off	cross-off	glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		3:46AM0.94m				4:58PM1.70m				4:59AM1.03m					6:02PM1.73m				5:58AM1.15m				6:55PM1.73m
Low Tide				9:38AM0.30m					11:51PM0.52m			10:56AM0.23m					00:39AM0.48m				12:02PM0.15m


	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:18	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:52	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	17	16	19	20	22	20	20	19	18	18	25	22	22	21	20	19	16	17	17	18	18	17	15
Feels °C	18	18	16	20	19	19	20	20	19	18	18	25	21	22	21	21	19	12	13	12	12	12	12	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 10
kJ	335	315	306	378	358	305	305	305	248	222	184	184	154	143	146	146	113	82	82	61	477	657	781	752
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	NE 6	NE 7	ESE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	SSE 11	E 9
kJ	5	6	6	5	6	25	22	32	20	18	18	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	7	61	61	98	39
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 14	E 18	E 17	E 16	E 16	E 18	E 18	E 18	E 17	E 16	E 16	E 15	E 15	E 16	E 16	E 16	ESE 9	S 8	ESE 9	NNE 7	NNE 6	E 10	E 9	ESE 10
kJ	4	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	8	10	7	4	4	9	39	20
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 6	N 6	—	—	—	NE 10	NE 10	—	—	—	—	WNW 2	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 3	S 5	SSE 6	S 8	S 9	S 10	S 10
kJ	146	119	—	—	—	535	524	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	4	65	225	620	1033	1431	1381
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	4	4
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	15	121	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	76	76	0	0	127	300	17	443	443	17	17
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	4	2		3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1			2			4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	8	9	9	9	2	7	2	1	7	5	5	9	5	9	9	7
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