Crossroads Surf Forecast

/ Otago (35 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (45.18° S 170.91° E)

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Crossroads surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 10.2° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crossroads today?

The current surf forecast for Crossroads at 3PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	13s
Evening (18 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	6s

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

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	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ENE	NE	S
Period(s) (?)	9	13	13	13	6	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	6	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	30	67	98	64	232	222	289	356	307	336	394	314	732	633	543	447	384	321	192	149	56	36	82	20
Wind (km/h)	W	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	W	WNW	NNE	NE	NNE	N	N	NW	WNW	NW	N	NE	NNE	NNW	N	NNE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			12:35PM 1.82				12:55AM 1.73				1:21PM 1.83				1:39AM 1.75				2:04PM 1.82				2:21AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	6:11AM 0.18				6:44PM 0.23				7:00AM 0.16				7:30PM 0.21				7:46AM 0.15				8:12PM 0.20

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	14	12	8	6	5	5	5	7	9	9	7	6	5	5	5	8	12	14	12	10	9	8	9
Feels °C (?)	8	9	2	-1	-3	-3	-1	-1	2	4	2	0	1	0	1	1	5	8	8	7	5	3	2	3

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Crossroads (fresh winds from the WSW at Oamaru Aero Automatic Weather Station 27 km from Crossroads). 0.6m 13s groundswell from the SSE with a 0.5m 9s swell, also from the SSE and a 0.2m 2s local chop, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 32 minutes ago Crossroads

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27 km away, 1 h 32 min ago

30 km/h

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10.2

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