Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Crescent Head today (16 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 1PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am June 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jun)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s
Afternoon (16 Jun)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s
Evening (16 Jun)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 15°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 16						Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
	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	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	202	202	206	220	205	209	205	205	201	197	193	197	197	197	205	209	214	255	218	281	308	191	191	265
Wind (km/h)	SW	W	ENE	NE	N	NW	NW	NW	NW	N	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	glassy	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		8:34AM1.13m				9:21PM2.12m				9:23AM1.11m					10:16PM2.08m				10:11AM1.11m				11:11PM1.98m
Low Tide				2:20PM0.00m					4:08AM0.27m			3:12PM-0.02m					5:01AM0.34m				4:06PM-0.00m


	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45
	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	4:52
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	19	18	18	17	16	15	15	16	18	18	18	17	15	15
Feels °C	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	18	16	17	16	16	14	14	15	16	16	17	16	14	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11
kJ	202	202	206	220	205	209	205	205	201	197	193	197	197	197	205	209	214	255	218	281	308	191	191	265
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 6	SE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	NE 6	NE 5	SSE 9
kJ	29	30	25	26	32	19	19	20	19	43	47	47	46	44	39	33	32	18	17	16	15	25	18	7
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 6	S 6	SSE 14	S 8	SE 13	SE 12	SE 12	SSE 12	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	S 12	S 12	S 12	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 11
kJ	21	7	7	38	20	42	37	36	46	14	13	14	6	6	6	6	5	1	3	3	3	15	15	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 3	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	NNE 6
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	13	13	10	10	10	16	44	80	83	69	68
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	17	76	15	0	0	0	0	15	33	33	15	0	0	0	0	15	33	76	15	0	0	0
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