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Crossroads surf break

Crossroads surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 09 Jan 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
16.5° C
 (Which is 3.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crossroads today?

The current surf forecast for Crossroads at 7PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (09 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.7
S
0.2
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.6
N
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
S
1.2
SSW
0.5
S
0.2
ENE
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)1341277615154514145556766161514106
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)131815777235181829211616162132515737271316211039160
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
5
NE
15
N
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
25
NNW
30
NW
40
WNW
30
W
20
W
30
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:45AM
1.69
9:13PM
1.59
9:41AM
1.60
10:12PM
1.53
10:38AM
1.53
11:12PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:05PM
0.28
3:27AM
0.32
3:58PM
0.34
4:21AM
0.40
4:49PM
0.39
5:15AM
0.45
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-------6:01-------6:01-------6:03
Sunset---9:24-------9:24-------9:23----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------12------21----1--
Temp. °C151815151414141314202322211918172223222014121111
Feels °C (?)13161312121111101220212118181614181516168434
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