Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 11 Dec 2025 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
23.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 9PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm December 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Dec)--
Afternoon (11 Dec)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (11 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
1.1
E
0.5
E
0.7
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.8
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.2
NNE
Period(s) (?)9991312121212121211111111111110101066666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)616218884145427413393393387367348287282279272216249245200239185172103
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
E
15
ESE
10
E
0
N
0
N
0
ENE
5
NE
5
NNW
0
W
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
N
20
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossonononglassglassglasscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
1.60
2:18AM
1.11
3:27PM
1.45
3:24AM
1.18
4:20PM
1.32
4:30AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:02PM
0.61
8:30AM
0.32
9:47PM
0.61
9:43AM
0.41
10:28PM
0.59
10:56AM
0.46
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Sunrise------5:37-------5:37-------5:37-
Sunset-7:44-------7:45-------7:45------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
232221211611------------
Temp. °C222122212020202019171817171617222323232322202127
Feels °C (?)232122222222222121192017171718222222232322212227
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