Crossroads surf break

Crossroads surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 04 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Crossroads surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Crossroads sea temperature is
15.7° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crossroads today?

The current surf forecast for Crossroads at 6AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (04 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (04 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.8
SSE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.3
E
1.1
ESE
1.2
E
1.1
E
0.9
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)10101099911111111111211911111111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32728121619616298180247280410320390297138291302242242238227167161158100
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:30AM
1.89
4:48PM
1.82
5:13AM
1.84
5:32PM
1.78
5:55AM
1.76
6:17PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:15PM
0.05
10:42AM
0.12
11:01PM
0.09
11:26AM
0.16
11:46PM
0.16
12:10PM
0.22
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise----7:15-------7:16-------7:18---
Sunset-------8:19-------8:16-------8:15
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C98881015151412121212151818161517171619242626
Feels °C (?)6545611101010101010141615141315151317222525
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