Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 19 Feb 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
25.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 11PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)--
Afternoon (19 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (19 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
1.1
NNE
1.1
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.2
NNE
0.7
NE
1
NE
1.7
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.5
NNE
Period(s) (?)999999666665555666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)525151503837585561635255597493873162207169148178164144
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
SE
5
SSE
5
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
5
SW
20
NE
15
N
15
N
20
N
15
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:18PM
1.50
11:04AM
1.67
11:02PM
1.56
11:41AM
1.55
11:49PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:35AM
0.01
5:07PM
0.34
5:21AM
0.09
5:41PM
0.32
6:12AM
0.21
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise------6:30-------6:31-------6:31-
Sunset-7:32-------7:31-------7:30------
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------2--1-------------
Temp. °C272524242423242525262323232322272826242322222226
Feels °C (?)272728292826282829272424232423272725252522222224
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