Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 07 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
20.7°C
1.1° 

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 (07 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 8PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Sep)--
Afternoon (07 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (07 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Wed night).

Mon
7
Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
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
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
8
1.3
SSE
8
1.4
SSE
9
2
S
9
2.4
S
8
2.4
S
8
2.4
S
9
2.4
S
9
2.2
S
9
1.8
SSE
9
1.7
SSE
8
1.6
SSE
8
1.5
SSE
8
1.4
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
8
1.2
SE
8
3
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
294
251
234
239
318
595
724
817
876
916
758
475
400
331
302
280
280
235
201
936
Wind (km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
ESE
5
WNW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNE
20
E
20
SSE
25
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
glassy
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:16PM1.79m
5:15AM1.06m
6:13PM1.87m
6:06AM1.18m
7:03PM1.90m
Low Tide
00:05AM0.46m
11:10AM0.13m
00:49AM0.41m
12:08PM0.03m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:35
5:35
5:36
 mm
1
2
1
2
Temp °C
19
18
18
17
15
15
14
17
16
17
17
15
13
12
12
16
17
18
16
13
Feels °C
16
15
17
17
13
11
10
13
12
13
14
12
11
10
10
14
13
14
11
7
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