Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
20.3°C
0.8° 

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 (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 7AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (01 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (01 Sep)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Thu morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
9
0.7
SSE
9
0.7
SSE
9
0.6
SSE
9
0.5
E
10
1.2
NNE
5
0.6
SSE
11
0.6
SSE
11
0.6
SSE
11
0.6
SSE
11
0.5
SSE
11
0.5
SSE
10
0.5
SSE
10
0.5
SSE
11
0.5
SSE
11
0.5
SSE
11
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
72
90
84
84
61
51
72
87
91
90
88
64
63
63
64
64
64
40
38
38
38
39
39
38
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NE
15
NNE
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WSW
15
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
High Tide
10:14PM1.48m
10:24AM1.61m
10:50PM1.36m
11:15AM1.62m
11:32PM1.22m
12:16PM1.61m
Low Tide
4:11AM0.32m
4:48PM0.24m
4:47AM0.31m
5:45PM0.37m
5:29AM0.31m
6:54PM0.48m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:03
6:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:30
5:31
5:31
 mm
Temp °C
15
15
15
17
20
19
18
18
18
18
18
22
25
22
23
21
19
18
18
26
30
29
25
22
Feels °C
14
14
14
14
16
16
16
17
15
15
15
19
22
19
21
19
17
16
15
23
25
25
22
21
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