Crossroads surf break

Crossroads surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 03 Apr 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
14.9° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crossroads today?

The current surf forecast for Crossroads at 9PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
SSE
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)1212111111111010557881615141614141414666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2552181661091057642125382516212148170988115315014494927681
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NE
5
NE
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
NW
15
WNW
30
S
20
S
20
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:05PM
1.74
5:25AM
1.67
5:48PM
1.70
6:08AM
1.60
6:33PM
1.64
6:53AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54AM
0.22
11:18PM
0.26
11:36AM
0.28
12:04AM
0.33
12:21PM
0.35
12:52AM
0.41
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise--------7:56-------7:56-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:21-------7:20----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1720201917171713121110101099101011111111111111
Feels °C (?)15181917151413786898778678788911
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