Crossroads Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.18° S 170.91° E

Crossroads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Crossroads sea temperature is
12.1°C
3.1° 

Crossroads surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Crossroads today (11 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Crossroads at 7PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (11 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (11 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 22°C on Tue afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the S by Tue night).

Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.1
E
8
1
E
8
1
E
8
0.9
E
8
0.8
E
8
0.8
E
7
0.7
E
7
0.9
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
7
0.4
SSE
16
0.7
ENE
8
0.3
SSE
15
0.3
S
15
0.2
S
15
0.3
S
18
0.3
S
17
0.4
SSE
16
0.4
SSE
16
0.6
S
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
195
165
161
127
120
93
72
70
51
70
76
83
58
44
38
18
54
52
85
82
167
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
ESE
10
SE
5
E
5
SSE
0
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
5
NNW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
N
10
WNW
10
S
Wind State
cross-off
on
cross-on
glassy
cross
glassy
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
4:23PM1.78m
4:45AM1.79m
5:06PM1.71m
5:30AM1.75m
5:50PM1.64m
Low Tide
10:12AM0.15m
10:32PM0.17m
10:59AM0.22m
11:17PM0.24m
11:46AM0.30m
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clear
clear
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Temp °C
16
17
17
14
12
11
11
10
12
15
15
15
16
14
12
13
15
21
22
20
15
Feels °C
14
16
15
14
11
11
9
7
8
11
12
13
16
12
11
12
13
19
19
18
13
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