Crossroads surf break

Crossroads surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 30 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
15.7° C
(Which is 3.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crossroads today?

The current surf forecast for Crossroads at 10AM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
0
1
1
3
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
1
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.9
SSW
1.1
S
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.7
SSW
1.9
S
3
S
2.3
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
2.1
S
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)171616121111111214141414131313111111141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)205432643220217209161741131330602008131310491533746353302286285572538547491447
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
20
S
15
SSW
0
SSW
20
N
10
ENE
5
ESE
15
SSW
40
SW
40
SSW
35
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
10
S
5
WSW
5
SW
5
W
5
NW
5
NW
10
NNE
20
ENE
15
NNE
0
NW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:54AM
1.84
2:15PM
1.77
2:40AM
1.84
2:59PM
1.79
3:23AM
1.82
3:42PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:03AM
0.18
8:21PM
0.12
8:48AM
0.16
9:07PM
0.12
9:31AM
0.16
9:51PM
0.15
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise--7:50-------7:50-------7:52-----
Sunset-----7:30-------7:29-------7:27--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1513131315151312118913141310998101417151616
Feels °C (?)1510101212131282-11689867571013121515
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