Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
20.3°C
0.8° 

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 (03 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 9PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)--
Afternoon (03 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (03 Sep)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Thu afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Fri morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Sun morning).

Thu
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
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)
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.6
NE
7
0.6
NE
7
0.4
SSE
10
0.8
S
6
0.8
S
6
0.8
S
7
0.6
SSE
12
0.9
SSE
11
0.9
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
9
0.7
S
9
0.6
S
8
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SSE
11
0.4
SSE
10
1.6
NNE
6
1.3
NNE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
38
39
39
38
38
38
39
41
61
98
186
173
86
76
50
33
46
40
159
111
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
20
W
15
W
5
WSW
10
S
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SSE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
N
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
00:22AM1.09m
1:27PM1.61m
1:29AM0.98m
2:49PM1.64m
Low Tide
6:54PM0.48m
6:20AM0.33m
8:20PM0.56m
7:26AM0.34m
9:53PM0.56m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:01
6:00
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:31
5:32
5:32
 mm
Temp °C
31
30
26
22
19
17
15
18
19
19
18
17
16
15
15
21
25
22
21
22
Feels °C
26
26
23
20
17
14
13
17
17
17
18
17
16
14
12
17
21
19
20
20
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