Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Issued: 9 am 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is

20.3°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 (02 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with NNE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 6s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 2PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am October 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	6s
Afternoon (02 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s
Evening (02 Oct)	7ft (2.1m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Sun morning, min 16°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 2						Saturday 3								Sunday 4
	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	1 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 7	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	149	154	73	98	357	330	303	322	278	238	226	265	269	326	357	444	458	437	453	593	606	569
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	N	N	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy
High Tide			12:07PM1.73m				00:10AM0.99m					1:22PM1.69m				1:23AM0.93m				2:42PM1.68m
Low Tide	5:03AM0.25m					7:01PM0.50m			6:01AM0.29m					8:27PM0.55m				7:14AM0.32m				9:48PM0.55m


	5:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:51	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	20	21	20	18	18	17	17	16	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	22	22	22	20	18
Feels °C	13	17	18	18	15	15	13	15	15	18	17	18	16	15	15	15	15	20	18	21	20	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	SSE 10	SSE 10	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	54	43	9	9	123	127	111	114	106	106	100	113	116	141	159	168	178	207	207	279	327	319
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	ENE 7	S 14	S 14	SSE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SE 18	SE 17	SE 16	SE 15	SE 15	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8
kJ	8	10	4	4	9	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	12	11	10	9	8	2	7	8	8	7
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SSE 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 18	S 18	S 18	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SE 14	S 16	—	S 11	—
kJ	5	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	6	2	2	2	2	2	8	5	—	3	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 7	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7
kJ	149	154	73	98	357	330	303	322	278	238	226	265	269	326	357	444	458	437	453	593	606	569
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Bonny Hills NSW - Port Macquarie	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Cronulla Point NSW - Sydney South Coast	Warriewood NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Yacaaba Head-Boulders NSW - Port Macquarie	Sandbar NSW - Port Macquarie	Bonny Hills NSW - Port Macquarie	Bonny Hills NSW - Port Macquarie	Elim NSW - Port Macquarie	Boomerang Beach (South) NSW - Port Macquarie	Bilgola Beach NSW - Sydney North Coast	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Macauleys NSW - North Coast	Forster Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Old Woman Island - South Side QLD - Sunshine Coast	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Tuncurry-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	3
Distance (km)	46	76	362	320	197	155	141	46	46	133	139	314	76	197	197	116	120	99	507	268	118	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Port Macquarie	Back Bommie	Nambucca Heads				Yacaaba Head-Boulders	Back Bommie	Tuncurry-North Wall	Tuncurry-North Wall	Blueys Beach	Blueys Beach		Yacaaba Head-Boulders			Yacaaba Head-Boulders	Back Bommie	Blueys Beach			Tuncurry-North Wall	Bonny Hills
Rating (10 max)	1	1				2	3	3	3	3	2		2			4	3	4			2	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	3	1	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	1	2	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	7
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7

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