Crossroads surf break

Crossroads surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 02 Feb 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
15.5° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Crossroads today?

The current surf forecast for Crossroads at 1AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (03 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (03 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.4
SSW
1
S
0.8
S
1
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
S
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)85667612111010129999999101010101211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)947172160108492666237354532296459906892969610585121101
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
25
S
20
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
0
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:54AM
1.98
5:12PM
1.86
5:41AM
1.92
6:00PM
1.81
6:28AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37PM
-0.01
11:09AM
0.10
11:27PM
0.02
11:58AM
0.13
12:16AM
0.09
12:46PM
0.18
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:35-------6:35--
Sunset-9:06-------9:05-------9:02------
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-411--------------------
Temp. °C151412121111111111111099912141414121211111417
Feels °C (?)1110898877899777101111111010981113
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