Crescent Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.19° S 152.98° E

Crescent Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crescent Head sea temperature is
20.6°C
0.6° 

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 (02 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Crescent Head at 11PM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Nov)--
Afternoon (02 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (02 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 17°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
2
Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thu
5
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
9
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
9
0.7
NE
6
0.8
NE
6
0.4
SSE
9
0.6
NNE
6
0.4
SSE
9
0.7
NE
5
1.6
NE
6
1.3
ENE
6
2.3
NNE
7
1
NE
7
0.9
NE
7
0.8
NE
7
0.5
NE
7
0.5
ENE
8
0.9
S
5
0.8
S
5
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.5
E
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
45
28
27
34
40
28
20
29
23
149
124
461
99
77
62
25
35
39
32
21
21
33
Wind (km/h)
20
ESE
10
E
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
N
20
N
25
NNE
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
W
10
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
S
25
SE
10
SE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
3:27PM1.70m
3:28AM1.02m
4:37PM1.64m
4:37AM1.13m
5:37PM1.59m
Low Tide
10:21PM0.55m
9:27AM0.27m
11:15PM0.54m
10:43AM0.26m
11:59PM0.51m
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Temp °C
22
21
21
20
19
19
20
23
24
21
19
19
17
17
18
24
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20
18
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17
Feels °C
21
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22
21
20
20
20
22
22
23
19
20
17
15
17
23
20
22
21
19
17
15
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