Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
20.7°C
1.1° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 11AM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (06 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (06 Sep)6ft (1.9m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 25°C on Sun morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sun afternoon, calm by Mon night).

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
4
4
3
3
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
NNE
6
0.4
SSE
9
0.4
SSE
9
0.3
E
10
0.9
S
6
1.7
S
7
2.1
S
8
2.4
S
8
2.3
S
9
1.7
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
10
1.5
SSE
10
1.4
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
8
1.2
SSE
8
1.2
SSE
8
1.7
S
9
2.4
S
8
2.5
S
8
3
S
9
2.5
S
10
2.5
S
10
2
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
100
26
26
18
59
274
504
653
803
436
676
399
294
237
185
197
190
429
635
1038
1308
1334
1158
646
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
10
SSW
15
SSW
30
SSE
35
S
25
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
S
20
SE
20
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
10
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
2:52AM0.94m
4:08PM1.71m
4:11AM0.97m
5:16PM1.79m
5:15AM1.06m
6:13PM1.87m
Low Tide
8:44AM0.32m
11:08PM0.51m
10:02AM0.24m
00:05AM0.46m
11:10AM0.13m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
5:58
5:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:34
5:35
5:35
 mm
2
1
1
Temp °C
23
21
19
25
22
19
18
16
16
15
15
19
19
18
18
18
16
14
14
17
18
17
16
15
Feels °C
20
18
17
20
15
12
13
13
14
13
13
17
15
15
16
18
15
11
11
12
13
12
12
13
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