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Crossroads surf break

Crossroads surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 10 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
17.1° C
 (Which is 4.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crossroads today?

The current surf forecast for Crossroads at 8PM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)--
Afternoon (10 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NE
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.8
NNE
0.9
NE
0.2
S
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)514145613787161514667121111101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)233616344614114884477118153188194214625555467363301258214179148
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
W
15
N
15
NNW
10
WSW
20
WNW
30
NW
40
WNW
30
W
20
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SW
25
SW
20
S
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
5
NW
10
NE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:12PM
1.53
10:38AM
1.53
11:12PM
1.51
11:35AM
1.49
12:08AM
1.52
12:28PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:58PM
0.34
4:21AM
0.40
4:49PM
0.39
5:15AM
0.45
5:40PM
0.42
6:08AM
0.48
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-----6:01-------6:03-------6:03--
Sunset-9:24-------9:23-------9:23------
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------11------------
Temp. °C242321191720232322191412111014171814121211111416
Feels °C (?)23211816151718151515844361013989991213
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