Crossroads surf break

Crossroads surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr 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) & DateWave HeightWave 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
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.4
SE
0.8
ENE
1.1
NE
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)913131367899910101313131313131313136616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3067986423222228935630733639431473263354344738432119214956368220
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
20
SW
45
SW
40
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
15
NNE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
10
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
N
20
NE
25
NNE
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
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
Sunrise6:33-------6:31-------6:30-------
Sunset---6:27-------6:29-------6:30----
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1114128655579976555812141210989
Feels °C (?)892-1-3-3-1-12420101158875323
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

  1. weather stationWind 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.

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30 km/h
WSW
0.0
10.2
Air / Water (°C)
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