Crescent Head surf break

Crescent Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 31 Mar 2026 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
25.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Crescent Head today?

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 10AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.6
SSE
0.7
E
0.7
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)88888888814137667777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2221931471401141121071048477473936361031098293788081838366
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
W
5
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
10
NE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassonononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassononcross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:09AM
1.70
7:57PM
1.40
8:46AM
1.64
8:36PM
1.52
9:19AM
1.54
9:14PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:25AM
0.09
2:20PM
0.44
2:13AM
0.06
2:47PM
0.41
2:57AM
0.07
3:13PM
0.37
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise--6:56-------6:58-------6:58-----
Sunset-----6:45-------6:45-------6:44--
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212121222322222221211922232323222122222324232222
Feels °C (?)202020212121212222232023222223222123232323222223
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