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Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia

Crescent Head

Beginner Point break Rock bottom Peels right 0.6–2.5 m Any tide

A quintessential longboard point: a soft, perfectly tapering right that runs for hundreds of metres down the headland, famous through surf films and the Crescent Head Classic. Ideal for logging and progressive mid-length surfing; on bigger southerly swells the takeoff section walled and fast.

Hazards

RocksCrowds

Conditions

Best swell
S, SE, ESE
Best wind
W, NW
Season
Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul
Wave size
0.6–2.5 m
Wave quality
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Consistency
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Crowd
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Coordinates
-31.1742, 152.9843

Facilities

ParkingToiletsCafeCamping

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