Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Issued: 10 am 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is

21.1°C

Crescent Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Crescent Head today (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 6PM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	9s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	9s
Evening (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Fri morning, fresh winds from the S by Sun afternoon).
	Friday 6						Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	2	3	4	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	E 9	E 9	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	341	397	359	308	243	190	153	119	94	83	60	44	43	42	126	266	737	692	951	822	1407	1283	1159	937
Wind (km/h)	W	ESE	E	ENE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NW	E	E	NE	N	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	6:28AM1.41m				7:10PM1.45m				7:15AM1.55m				7:48PM1.36m				7:58AM1.67m					8:23PM1.27m
Low Tide			12:49PM0.21m				1:07AM0.41m				1:41PM0.21m				1:37AM0.35m					2:29PM0.23m				2:07AM0.30m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46
	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:16	—	—	—	7:16
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	20	20	20	19	19	17	15	17	24	23	24	22	18	17	15	14	14	17	17	15	13	13	13
Feels °C	15	18	17	18	18	18	16	14	16	23	20	23	22	14	14	11	10	8	9	10	10	9	10	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 7	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 8	E 9	E 9	E 10	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9
kJ	341	397	359	308	243	190	153	119	94	83	60	44	40	42	42	41	395	42	27	52	785	708	697	592
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 9	E 9	S 7	NE 6	NE 6	E 9	NE 6	E 11	NE 12	E 10	E 10	E 11	E 10
kJ	38	38	35	35	36	37	38	39	39	43	47	44	43	26	11	9	41	1	22	6	52	33	35	35
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 14	E 14	NE 6	NE 6	E 14	E 14	E 14	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	E 12	E 12	NE 6	E 12	NE 12	—	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12
kJ	4	4	1	1	4	4	4	3	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	6	12	6	—	6	6	6	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	NE 3	NNE 3	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 5	—	NNE 5	NE 5	NNE 5	—	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9
kJ	—	—	—	—	2	6	18	22	32	—	34	29	34	—	126	266	737	692	951	822	1407	1283	1159	937
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	1	1	4	4	4	3
Distance (km)	0	99	290	290	33	15	0	0	0	98	155	76	15	91	17	52	17	199	580	535	99	14	0	14
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Rating (10 max)	3	3			2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3				4	4	4	4
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