Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
20.6°C
0.4° 

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 (09 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 11PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)--
Afternoon (09 Oct)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (09 Oct)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat morning. Warm (max 31°C on Mon morning, min 17°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
0
0
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SE
11
1.6
SE
11
1.6
SE
10
1.5
SE
10
1.4
SE
10
1.2
SE
10
1.5
NNE
7
1.5
NNE
7
1.5
NNE
7
0.8
SSE
9
2
NNE
7
1
NE
7
0.7
NE
7
0.6
NE
7
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.6
NE
6
0.7
NE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
604
593
538
424
341
269
229
228
228
94
372
97
48
36
23
22
14
14
26
33
Wind (km/h)
20
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NW
10
N
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNE
25
NNE
15
NW
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
SW
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
8:20PM1.63m
8:15AM1.57m
8:56PM1.54m
8:55AM1.66m
9:29PM1.42m
Low Tide
2:21AM0.37m
2:37PM0.06m
2:49AM0.33m
3:22PM0.11m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
19
20
19
19
17
17
20
24
27
24
28
25
23
22
21
24
22
22
21
21
Feels °C
16
18
19
19
17
16
18
23
24
20
26
24
22
22
21
23
21
23
22
22
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