Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 03 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
22.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 9PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm December 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)--
Afternoon (03 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (03 Dec)4ft (1.2m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
S
1.5
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.2
NNE
0.8
NE
1.1
NE
2.1
NNE
2.1
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.9
NNE
Period(s) (?)888888777796666666777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21121718814213510778615743391311269581904685363363328298282302
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
15
E
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
10
N
15
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:31PM
1.30
8:03AM
1.94
8:21PM
1.24
8:56AM
2.06
9:10PM
1.17
9:49AM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:21AM
0.15
2:43PM
0.17
2:07AM
0.08
3:41PM
0.17
2:53AM
0.04
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise------5:35-------5:35-------5:35-
Sunset-7:37-------7:38-------7:39------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212121191816172325232222201820262624232321202228
Feels °C (?)181820181715162122202120181719242322222220192127
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