Crossroads surf break

Crossroads surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 15 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
14.4° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crossroads today?

The current surf forecast for Crossroads at 10AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (15 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
1
0
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
S
1.2
S
0.7
SSE
1.8
S
1.6
S
2.2
SSW
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.2
NE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)991313101099991010139999999951313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)103101969210010312410318921725795105443680223819716914011390776742
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
25
NNE
15
N
20
SSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
25
W
40
WSW
45
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
15
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNE
10
W
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise--7:09-------7:11-------7:13-----
Sunset-----6:00------5:59-------5:57---
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1----------------
Temp. °C10911141615121010101114141211998101416151413
Feels °C (?)7681010117755444465645810111211
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