Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 28 Mar 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
26.0° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 7AM is: 2.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)8ft (2.4m)12s
Afternoon (29 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (29 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
8
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
4
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
S
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)1413121212121211111110101099998888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)692226762171173715602926233619041596150974062749542437029227322219317314013610071
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSE
25
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
S
10
WSW
5
SW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:34PM
1.00
6:36AM
1.74
6:29PM
1.13
7:26AM
1.74
7:15PM
1.26
8:09AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:28PM
0.24
1:15PM
0.49
12:31AM
0.15
1:50PM
0.47
1:25AM
0.09
2:20PM
0.44
Sat
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise----6:56-------6:56-------6:56---
Sunset-------6:49-------6:46-------6:45
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191717171721232221202020202022232221201919192021
Feels °C (?)161414141518201919181919191919212121201818192122
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