Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 05 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
25.6° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 5AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


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Sun
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)888889999999991099999991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34530826622621120219816416016013313313411111310910810480808111192123
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
S
15
ESE
15
ESE
0
SE
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
15
E
10
ENE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:12PM
1.69
10:17AM
1.09
10:56PM
1.65
10:48AM
1.00
11:46PM
1.58
11:23AM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:51AM
0.41
4:01PM
0.32
5:41AM
0.53
4:35PM
0.35
6:38AM
0.63
Sun
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise----6:01-------6:01-------6:03---
Sunset-------5:38-------5:37-------5:36
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212018161620212020181616162326252221201920282625
Feels °C (?)181816141418181821171515152224242221201818272425
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