Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Issued: 4 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is

21.1°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 (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 12AM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	9s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s
Evening (06 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 25°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 5				Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	SSE 6	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 7	S 7
Wave Graph
kJ	56	200	487	501	503	338	293	322	294	294	243	185	140	107	85	63	60	44	43	41	123	619
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	S	SW	WSW	WSW	W	ESE	E	ENE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	ENE	E	NE	N	SSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	off	off	off	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:27PM1.53m				6:28AM1.41m				7:10PM1.45m				7:15AM1.55m				7:48PM1.36m
Low Tide					00:35AM0.46m				12:49PM0.21m				1:07AM0.41m				1:41PM0.21m				1:37AM0.35m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46
	—	7:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	7:16
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
Temp °C	23	20	18	16	15	14	16	19	20	20	19	18	16	15	17	25	24	24	21	17	17	15
Feels °C	19	14	14	14	13	12	15	17	17	18	18	16	14	14	15	23	21	24	22	14	13	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	S 7	E 9	E 9	S 7
kJ	56	56	375	356	283	338	293	322	294	294	243	185	140	107	85	63	60	43	27	41	41	315
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	E 15	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 9	E 9	S 7	NE 6	E 9
kJ	4	4	56	54	52	52	38	38	35	37	36	37	38	39	39	41	47	44	43	25	11	41
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	NE 6	E 14	E 14	E 14	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	E 12	NE 6
kJ	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	1	3	6	7	7	10	10	10	11	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 5	SSE 6	S 8	S 8	S 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 3	N 4	N 4	NNE 5	—	—	NNE 5	NNE 5	—	S 7	S 7
kJ	17	200	487	501	503	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	17	21	26	—	—	36	31	—	123	619
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3
Distance (km)	193	234	17	0	0	0	0	52	199	290	33	76	0	0	0	98	155	33	15	17	99	52
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Rating (10 max)			2	3	4	4	3	3			2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3
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