Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
21.3°C
1.5° 

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 (17 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 6AM is: 4.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 3.0m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (17 Sep)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (17 Sep)8ft (2.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 23°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
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)
3
4
4
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
1
3
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
S
10
4
S
10
4
S
11
4
S
11
3.5
S
11
3.5
S
11
3
S
11
3
S
10
2.5
S
10
2.1
SSE
9
1.9
SSE
9
1.8
SE
9
1.7
SSE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.1
SE
8
1.1
SE
9
0.9
ESE
9
1.4
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3232
3653
3712
3594
3093
2680
2152
1734
1403
688
565
505
421
363
162
182
151
302
Wind (km/h)
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
5
W
5
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
11:13PM1.05m
12:03PM1.55m
11:48PM0.95m
1:06PM1.49m
Low Tide
5:48PM0.48m
5:01AM0.38m
6:53PM0.61m
5:41AM0.41m
8:14PM0.70m
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:45
5:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:39
5:40
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
15
14
14
13
13
13
15
16
16
15
15
14
13
17
18
18
17
17
Feels °C
8
7
8
7
8
9
10
11
12
12
13
12
11
15
14
15
14
15
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