Crossroads surf break

Crossroads surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 24 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
15.2° C
(Which is 2.7°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: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (24 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (24 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ENE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.7
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
Period(s) (?)9998915141413131312126666678891010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)333232342854534968664139575652585623038562388997113381569
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
ESE
10
S
15
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
5
NE
10
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
25
NE
40
NE
40
NE
45
NE
40
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:06AM
1.66
8:44PM
1.75
9:13AM
1.62
9:54PM
1.74
10:24AM
1.61
11:04PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
0.24
3:13AM
0.30
3:35PM
0.25
4:18AM
0.31
4:40PM
0.24
5:21AM
0.29
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise--------7:43-------7:45-------
Sunset---7:42-------7:39-------7:37----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------116621-
Temp. °C162019171513121213131313131214141515151515151515
Feels °C (?)16181716151210101112121213101212119989101011
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