Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Issued: 9 am 14 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is

21.1°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 (14 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 12PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	12s
Evening (14 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 11°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Tue morning, fresh winds from the S by Wed morning).
	Monday 14						Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	2	3	3	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 12	SE 12	NNE 5	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	NE 6	S 6	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 11
Wave Graph
kJ	53	54	35	34	113	154	131	100	90	97	134	226	185	46	31	167	747	1526	1925	2542	3060	3190
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNE	NE	NNE	N	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		9:39AM1.63m					10:11PM1.35m				10:22AM1.63m				10:42PM1.19m				11:09AM1.60m
Low Tide					4:06PM0.18m			4:00AM0.35m					4:55PM0.33m				4:28AM0.36m				5:48PM0.48m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	18	21	19	19	18	16	15	15	22	22	21	20	18	17	15	13	15	16	15	14	13
Feels °C	11	14	17	15	16	15	14	13	13	20	19	19	20	16	12	10	9	8	8	8	7	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 12	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	S 7	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10
kJ	53	54	30	34	32	38	38	25	25	25	39	69	64	46	31	25	447	819	1067	1344	1593	1678
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	ENE 4	SE 12	SSE 9	SE 11	SE 11	SSE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	E 12	NE 6	E 14	ENE 6	—	—	—
kJ	33	8	35	30	31	31	12	20	21	22	22	17	17	8	8	3	14	4	4	—	—	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 5	SE 12	E 10	E 12	SSE 9	SSE 8	SE 11	SSE 11	E 12	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 15	E 14	S 17	S 16	—	—	—
kJ	7	36	2	3	30	12	30	12	11	15	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 4	NNE 4	ENE 5	NE 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	S 9	S 4	S 6	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 11
kJ	22	28	14	24	113	154	131	100	90	97	134	226	185	42	15	167	747	1526	1925	2542	3060	3190
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	76	290	341	76	76	46	0	0	33	187	507	33	17	193	299	52	535	1054	1054
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1			1	1	2	1	2	2			2	1			3
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Rating (10 max)	4	6	2	2	1	6	4	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	6	5	5	6	5	6	6	8	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	6	6	4	5

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