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Crossroads surf break

Crossroads surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 20 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
16.0° 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 1AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (21 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (21 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
E
1.9
E
2
E
2
E
2
E
2
E
2
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.9
E
Period(s) (?)913131414131312667777888991010111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)59858994616913312119726527730327836544147654660963572378411791040972
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
20
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
SW
15
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:42AM
1.74
5:55PM
1.62
6:21AM
1.71
6:36PM
1.60
7:03AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:27PM
0.23
11:58AM
0.31
12:10AM
0.23
12:41PM
0.31
12:55AM
0.25
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise-----6:15-------6:16-------6:18--
Sunset-9:19-------9:17-------9:16------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------3212232111---
Temp. °C151413141211141515151515151516151515151515141415
Feels °C (?)11109108791010101111111112121315151613979
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