Crescent Head Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, mate, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what the next couple of weeks are shaping up to be for our stretch of coast.

The first week is a bit of a write-off, to be honest. There’s not much energy around and what’s there is messy. We’re looking at a pretty flat and junk-filled start. Don’t get your hopes up for the first few days; it’s more about waiting it out than scoring.

Friday afternoon is small with a weak 6ft south-southeast swell, but the south wind is making it choppy. Not worth rushing out. The weekend stays poor. Saturday morning has a bit of swell but it’s cross-onshore and weak. Then we go properly flat for a stretch. From Sunday through to Tuesday, the waves just die off, with nothing over 4ft and mostly poor conditions. This is the kind of run where you check the cam and head back to bed.

The first real sign of life comes on Wednesday the 16th. A solid pulse of southwest groundswell pushes in, with the morning seeing 8ft of south-southeast swell and the afternoon jumping to 10ft. It’s a big step up in energy, hitting strong combined energy levels. The wind is a fresh south-southwest cross-offshore, which keeps the face clean. This is proper size, so it’s not for the beginners. More for the experienced crew. The period is a solid 9-10 seconds, so there’s some push behind it. Thursday the 17th keeps the size up with 10ft on the morning and 8ft in the afternoon. The energy is even stronger. The wind swings southwest but stays cross-offshore, so it should still be clean. This looks like the standout window of the entire forecast. Big, clean, and powerful. Take the bigger board and pick your corners.

After that pulse, things settle down again. Friday the 18th looks glassy in the morning with a 5ft southeast swell and clean conditions, but the wind turns onshore in the afternoon and chops it up. Saturday the 19th has a tiny window of pure glass in the morning with a clean 3ft southeast swell, but it’s short-lived as the northeast wind comes up. Then it’s back to the small stuff, with the swell dropping below 3ft and the wind messing things up for the rest of the weekend and into the start of the following week.

The forecast for the end of the month, around the 25th and 26th of September, shows another run of swell, pushing 7 to 8ft. It’s on the east-northeast, which isn’t ideal for this break, and the wind looks a bit shaky. It’s worth keeping an eye on, but it’s far out and less certain.

So, for the standout, it’s got to be Wednesday the 16th and Thursday the 17th. That’s when the ocean gets proper angry and the points will have some serious lines. Everything else in the near term is pretty average.

For the breaks, keep it focused on Crescent Head. It’s a classic point that will handle the size, especially those longer period swells. The water temp is 70°, which is about a touch warmer than normal for this time of year.

Alright, stay keen, and I’ll see you out there.

Rusty

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