Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 01 Apr 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
25.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 12PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (01 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.6
SSE
0.7
E
0.4
SE
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)814137616777777777777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)847748353564868076827878666666666663567172575760
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
NW
5
W
5
W
5
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
SE
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassononcross-
on
glassglassglassoffglassononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffglassononcross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46AM
1.64
8:36PM
1.52
9:19AM
1.54
9:14PM
1.61
9:51AM
1.43
9:53PM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:13AM
0.06
2:47PM
0.41
2:57AM
0.07
3:13PM
0.37
3:40AM
0.12
3:39PM
0.34
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise--6:58-------6:58-------6:58-----
Sunset-----6:45-------6:44-------6:42--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020222323222221201922232322212020192223232221
Feels °C (?)212121232122212322212023222222222121202323232323
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