Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
20.6°C
0.4° 

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 (31 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 10PM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Oct)--
Afternoon (31 Oct)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (31 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Warm (max 23°C on Sat afternoon, min 17°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
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)
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSE
12
1.8
NNE
6
1.7
NNE
6
1.6
NNE
6
1.5
NNE
6
0.8
NE
6
0.8
NE
7
0.8
NE
7
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
11
0.5
S
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.6
S
9
1
ENE
6
1
ENE
6
1
NE
6
1
ENE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
98
197
193
179
170
49
52
54
31
30
58
29
29
27
32
64
80
80
75
77
Wind (km/h)
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
15
N
5
W
5
NW
0
ESE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
0
W
5
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SE
15
E
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
1:02AM0.97m
2:13PM1.76m
2:13AM0.97m
3:27PM1.70m
Low Tide
8:00PM0.47m
6:53AM0.23m
9:13PM0.53m
8:07AM0.27m
10:21PM0.55m
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rain showers
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
22
23
22
20
19
17
17
23
20
21
21
20
18
18
19
21
21
20
20
20
Feels °C
19
21
21
19
18
17
18
25
20
21
23
23
20
19
20
22
21
20
22
22
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