Crescent Head Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Looking at the 16-day window for Crescent Head, it’s a bit of a mixed bag with a slow start and a few solid pulses later on. The first real standout is still a week and a half away, so we’ll need some patience.

The kick-off on Wednesday the 22nd is ordinary. We’ve got 4ft of easterly swell with a cross-onshore breeze, making for choppy, poor surf. Nothing to get excited about.

Thursday the 23rd morning offers a glimmer. A 3ft ENE swell, but more importantly, the wind goes glassy with a WSW breeze. The combined swell energy is moderate (144), but the waves are surfable and clean. It’s small, but glassy conditions at Crescent Head are always worth a look. The afternoon turns onshore again.

Friday the 24th sees some size pick up. Morning brings 6ft of south swell with a clean cross-offshore wind (12 mph from SW). The combined energy jumps to strong (545), and conditions are clean. This is a solid option for the week. The afternoon is a bit choppier with 7ft south swell.

Saturday the 25th morning is the first real highlight of the period. We’ve got 5ft of SSE swell with a long 12-second period – proper groundswell. Wind is light cross-off from the NNW. Combined energy is strong at 706. This is set to deliver very good surf conditions. That longer period will hold up well at this point break, offering nice shaped waves and clean faces. Afternoon goes onshore.

Sunday the 26th and Monday the 27th both have clean, glassy mornings (WSW wind) with SSE swell in the 3-4ft range, good for a cruiser session. Nothing groundbreaking, but clean.

From Tuesday the 28th, we hit a flat spell. Swell drops to 2ft and under for a few days, with weak energy readings (61-87) and messy winds. A few small clean windows on Wednesday the 29th morning and Thursday the 30th morning, but the size is tiny.

Things start looking more promising again on Friday the 31st morning with 4ft of SSE swell and clean cross-off wind (NNW at 3 mph). Combined energy is moderate at 259. Worth a look.

Saturday the 1st of August is small again.

Now, here’s the big one. Sunday the 2nd of August morning. This is the standout of the whole outlook. We’ve got 10ft of SSE swell – that’s expert territory, no doubt. Combined energy is extremely strong at 2582. The wind is offshore from the west at 6 mph, making for clean conditions. This is proper, powerful groundswell moving through. At this size, Crescent Head will be a serious, hollow wave. Only for experienced surfers. The afternoon gets a bit cross-onshore and choppy, so hit it at dawn.

Monday the 3rd of August morning sees 7ft of ESE swell, still big, with glassy conditions and a combined energy of 726. Very good surf, but still a step down in power from Sunday.

The rest of that first week of August holds clean windows on the 4th and 5th with moderate swell around 4-6ft and clean offshore breezes. The 6th of August gets blown out by a strong 19 mph SW wind.

Water temperature is sitting at 68°, which is about normal for the time of year – no major surprises there.

So, to wrap it up: the first real session is Saturday the 25th morning. The absolute standout is Sunday the 2nd of August morning for experts. For everyone else, the clean, smaller mornings around the 23rd, 26th, and 5th of August will be your best bet. Stay patient.

Rusty.

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