Crossroads surf break

Crossroads surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm 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
10.5° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Crossroads today?

The current surf forecast for Crossroads at 6PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
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
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)13136789991010131313131313131313661689
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)986423222228935630733639431473263354344738432119214956368220277466
Wind
(km/h)
45
SW
35
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
15
NNE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
25
NNE
0
NE
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:55AM
1.73
1:21PM
1.83
1:39AM
1.75
2:04PM
1.82
2:21AM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:44PM
0.23
7:00AM
0.16
7:30PM
0.21
7:46AM
0.15
8:12PM
0.20
8:28AM
0.16
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise------6:31-------6:30-------6:28-
Sunset-6:27-------6:29-------6:30------
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1186554789765547111413109891214
Feels °C (?)1-1-2-4-2-223201010489853321110
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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Crossroads (fresh winds from the SSW at Oamaru Aero Automatic Weather Station 27 km from Crossroads). A 2.7m windswell from the S

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27 km away, 1 h 14 min ago

37 km/h
SSW
0.0
10.5
Air / Water (°C)
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