Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
19.6°C
0.5° 

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 (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 4AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 06). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (07 Oct)7ft (2.1m)8s
Evening (07 Oct)10ft (3.0m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Warm (max 20°C on Tue night, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the S by Wed afternoon).

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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)
1
1
1
0
0
2
0
1
3
3
3
4
4
2
0
0
4
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
1.6
S
6
2.2
S
7
2.1
SSE
8
3
S
9
3
S
10
2.5
S
10
2.5
S
10
2.3
S
9
2.2
S
9
1.6
SSE
9
2.1
S
10
2
S
10
2.1
S
9
1.7
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
146
124
124
113
209
521
592
1219
1586
1460
1179
880
775
388
865
740
766
435
Wind (km/h)
5
SE
5
WSW
15
SW
25
SW
25
S
20
SSW
25
S
30
S
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSE
25
SSE
10
SSW
10
W
Wind State
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
High Tide
6:02PM1.73m
5:58AM1.15m
6:55PM1.73m
6:48AM1.30m
7:40PM1.70m
Low Tide
00:39AM0.48m
12:02PM0.15m
1:17AM0.45m
12:59PM0.08m
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
20
20
19
17
16
16
18
17
16
13
13
13
13
17
18
17
17
15
Feels °C
21
21
18
13
12
12
13
11
11
9
9
10
10
13
13
13
15
14
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