Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 04 Jan 2026 AEDT
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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
22.6° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 1PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (04 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (04 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s

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

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Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wed
07
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
1.4
NNE
1.5
NNE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
1.5
NNE
1.4
NE
1.2
NE
0.7
ENE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)888566655588666699101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5959591091362744514732282912913798282527313130272526
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NNE
20
NE
30
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
20
N
5
NE
10
N
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NNE
20
NNE
5
S
5
WNW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SE
15
SE
10
E
5
E
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:44AM
2.12
9:40PM
1.13
10:34AM
2.09
10:24PM
1.15
11:23AM
2.00
11:07PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:28PM
0.29
3:32AM
-0.05
5:14PM
0.35
4:21AM
-0.06
5:57PM
0.42
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wed
07
Sunrise5:48-------5:48-------5:50-------
Sunset---7:54-------7:55-------7:55----
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----14-------3--1-------
Temp. °C222526252322212021262624242020181923242423232221
Feels °C (?)242525242524202223262524252122182024242626262524
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