Crossroads surf break

Crossroads surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 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
15.2° C
(Which is 3.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crossroads today?

The current surf forecast for Crossroads at 11AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (11 Apr)6ft (1.9m)8s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
2
2
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2.4
ENE
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.7
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
Period(s) (?)96667888899910910101010101112121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)585857751024034325218094044864504603974003493563144107391056105410541022
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
15
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NE
5
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
E
10
E
5
NE
5
N
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
1.40
10:54PM
1.53
11:13AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:15AM
0.51
4:27PM
0.46
5:00AM
0.46
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise--7:05-------7:07-------7:07-----
Sunset-----6:07-------6:06-------6:04--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C101112161615141413141518171413131212131615131312
Feels °C (?)688111212111091011151510910910111312121211
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