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Crescent Head Sea Temperature in August

New South Wales, Australia

July Crescent Head year-round → September

Average sea temperature for Crescent Head, Australia across August, based on 10 years of daily readings.

Average

20.7° C

High

22.56° C

Low

18.78° C

Water at this temperature is very pleasant to swim in. If you tend to wear a wetsuit when swimming, you might consider removing it now to avoid the body overheating.

August is the 11th warmest of 12 months at Crescent Head. On average the water sits 2.5° than the year-round mean of 23.21° C.

Compared to July, August is 0.1° about the same as (20.82° C in July). By September the water is usually 20.65° C.

Crescent Head Day-by-Day Water Temperature in August

10-year low, average and high

18.0° C
19.4° C
20.8° C
22.1° C
23.5° C
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5
10
15
20
25
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Day-by-day low and high band with the 10-year daily average through August. Range Average

Each vertical bar above is one day of August. The shaded band covers the range the water has reached on that day across the last 10 years — the lowest reading at the bottom, the highest at the top. The line running through the bars is the daily average over those 10 years, so you can see the typical shape of the month at Crescent Head.

A narrow band means the temperature on that day has stayed close to the average year on year. A taller band means it has swung more, often because of changeable weather around that time of year. Hovering a day pulls up its low, average, and high.

August Water Temperature Table for Crescent Head

10-year daily averages

Day Average Low High
August 1 20.7° C 19.53° C 22.45° C
August 2 20.66° C 19.45° C 22.56° C
August 3 20.66° C 19.53° C 21.93° C
August 4 20.68° C 19.43° C 21.84° C
August 5 20.84° C 19.48° C 21.99° C
August 6 20.92° C 19.42° C 21.96° C
August 7 20.91° C 19.38° C 22.3° C
August 8 20.89° C 19.31° C 22.34° C
August 9 20.66° C 19.26° C 21.42° C
August 10 20.7° C 19.22° C 21.68° C
August 11 20.8° C 19.22° C 22.11° C
August 12 20.82° C 18.97° C 22.39° C
August 13 20.89° C 18.9° C 22.3° C
August 14 20.93° C 18.81° C 22.08° C
August 15 20.93° C 18.79° C 21.54° C
August 16 20.8° C 18.78° C 21.39° C
August 17 20.77° C 18.93° C 21.5° C
August 18 20.76° C 19.18° C 21.49° C
August 19 20.73° C 19.18° C 21.72° C
August 20 20.83° C 19.14° C 22.53° C
August 21 20.73° C 19.03° C 21.91° C
August 22 20.67° C 18.93° C 21.67° C
August 23 20.62° C 18.85° C 21.46° C
August 24 20.54° C 18.78° C 21.32° C
August 25 20.52° C 18.85° C 21.5° C
August 26 20.54° C 18.83° C 21.69° C
August 27 20.53° C 18.84° C 21.84° C
August 28 20.52° C 19.01° C 21.76° C
August 29 20.53° C 19.14° C 21.47° C
August 30 20.45° C 18.89° C 21.28° C
August 31 20.31° C 18.79° C 21.32° C

Where August Sits in the Year

August highlighted

17.0° C
20.1° C
23.3° C
26.4° C
29.5° C
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
25.43° C
26.37° C
26.05° C
24.9° C
23.34° C
21.99° C
20.82° C
20.7° C
20.65° C
21.62° C
22.63° C
24.06° C
10-year monthly history for Crescent Head. Bars span historical low to high; the line marks the monthly average. Range Average
January → February → March → April → May → June → July → August → September → October → November → December →

Nearby Locations in August

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Crescent Head Location

-31.1770, 152.9107

-31.17697, 152.91067 View on OpenStreetMap →

Crescent Head sits at -31.1770°N, 152.9107°E, on the coast of New South Wales, Australia. The marker on the map shows the spot the readings on this page come from. It usually sits a short distance from the town centre, out on the open water itself, so the numbers stay tied to the coast rather than a generic point inland.

Coastlines bend, headlands focus the water, and the temperature can run noticeably differently between two beaches that look close together on a map. Comparing nearby locations is a quick way to see how local geography is shaping the readings.

Nearest locations to Crescent Head