Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Crescent Head today (03 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 1AM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm July 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s
Afternoon (03 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s
Evening (03 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Fri morning, min 11°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 2		Friday 3								Saturday 4								Sunday 5
	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	3	1	1	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	E 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSW 6	SSW 7	SSW 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSW 9	SSE 9	S 6	S 7	S 11
Wave Graph
kJ	69	47	45	37	29	48	62	48	47	46	107	181	207	80	61	232	254	167	141	355	106	181	635	1931
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SSW	SE	SE	SSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			10:06PM1.73m			9:42AM1.16m					10:44PM1.67m				10:21AM1.21m				11:22PM1.60m				11:06AM1.25m
Low Tide					4:31AM0.53m			3:49PM0.14m					5:03AM0.55m				4:33PM0.17m				5:36AM0.54m


	—	—	—	6:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:47	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:57
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	22	20	18	18	17	20	23	22	19	16	14	12	11	12	15	14	15	13	13	13	13	13	15	16
Feels °C	20	18	16	16	15	17	20	18	16	13	11	9	8	9	12	11	13	11	10	10	10	9	10	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	E 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	SSE 7	SSE 9
kJ	69	47	45	37	29	48	62	48	47	46	46	63	99	80	61	232	254	167	141	135	106	151	286	547
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	NE 7	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ESE 13	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 10	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSE 12	SSE 11
kJ	34	33	19	18	22	16	8	7	7	17	22	29	19	18	54	108	98	87	55	54	22	22	125	313
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	E 10	—	E 9	E 12	E 12	SSW 4	E 10	E 9	E 14	E 13	NE 7	ESE 12	NE 6	NE 8	E 13	E 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	E 8	E 13
kJ	2	2	2	2	18	—	2	12	12	1	7	16	34	31	11	50	11	3	13	14	29	57	31	51
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NW 3	—	—	—	WNW 3	—	SW 7	—	SW 4	SSW 6	SSW 7	SSW 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 9	SSW 4	S 6	S 7	S 11
kJ	—	4	—	—	—	1	—	2	—	16	107	181	207	—	—	—	—	—	—	355	17	181	635	1931
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Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	14	17	17
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