Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
21.1°C
0.2° 

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 (06 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 4AM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Nov)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (06 Nov)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (06 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 24°C on Sat morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the S by Sun afternoon).

Thu
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sun
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
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
3
4
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
S
8
1.9
S
8
1.9
S
8
2.1
S
8
1.6
SSE
8
1.6
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
8
1.1
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.6
SSE
8
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
1.1
S
7
1.7
S
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
442
399
454
612
333
397
359
294
243
190
153
119
94
83
60
44
43
42
107
266
Wind (km/h)
15
S
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
SE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
E
20
E
10
NE
5
NNE
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
on
cross-on
glassy
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
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
18
16
15
14
16
20
20
20
19
18
16
15
17
24
23
24
22
18
17
15
Feels °C
15
14
13
12
14
18
17
18
18
17
14
14
16
22
20
23
23
15
14
10
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