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Crossroads surf break

Crossroads surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 01 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
15.6° C
 (Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crossroads today?

The current surf forecast for Crossroads at 5PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 01). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (01 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (01 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
1
NE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.7
SSE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
SW
1.3
S
1
S
0.8
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
SSE
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)121010466677781088881266512121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)715533368110785971031129690636544293510562377210610346
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
20
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
SW
5
SE
10
ENE
40
S
25
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
S
5
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglasscross-
off		cross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:35PM
1.86
4:06AM
2.00
4:24PM
1.88
4:54AM
1.98
5:12PM
1.86
5:41AM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:29AM
0.12
9:46PM
-0.00
10:20AM
0.09
10:37PM
-0.01
11:09AM
0.10
11:27PM
0.02
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise-------6:31-------6:33-------6:35
Sunset---9:07-------9:06-------9:05----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------2-----------
Temp. °C1517181715151616172020131212121112121212111099
Feels °C (?)14141314121315161619196788667899877
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