Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cray Bay today (26 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 18s period with S swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 16s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 17s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 10AM is: 0.6m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 26). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 18s |
| Afternoon (26 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 16s |
| Evening (26 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at Cray Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed afternoon, min 10°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Wed night, light winds from the NNW by Fri night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 26 | Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 18 | S 18 | S 18 | S 16 | SSW 16 | S 15 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 18 | S 18 | S 17 | S 17 | S 16 | S 16 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 162 | 162 | 222 | 198 | 263 | 155 | 207 | 287 | 386 | 606 | 871 | 1485 | 1468 | 1355 | 1078 | 915 | 700 | 551 | 441 | 359 | 347 | 285 | 280 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 3:40AM1.26m | 4:07PM1.37m | 4:27AM1.27m | 4:53PM1.39m | 5:13AM1.30m | 5:38PM1.41m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:48AM0.30m | 10:24PM0.32m | 10:35AM0.28m | 11:11PM0.29m | 11:23AM0.25m | ||||||||||||||||||
 | |  | |  |  | | | |  |  | | | | | | | | |  | | | | |
 | — | 6:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:44 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 14 |
Feels °C | 7 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 9 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 18 | S 18 | S 16 | SSW 16 | S 15 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 18 | S 18 | S 17 | S 17 | S 16 | S 16 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 |
| kJ | 68 | 162 | 222 | 198 | 263 | 155 | 207 | 287 | 386 | 606 | 871 | 1485 | 1468 | 1355 | 1078 | 915 | 700 | 551 | 441 | 359 | 347 | 285 | 280 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 18 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | S 4 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 12 | ESE 15 | ESE 15 | ESE 14 |
| kJ | 162 | 44 | 43 | 24 | 33 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 20 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 12 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | NE 10 | S 18 | NE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | — | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | — | — | — | E 16 | SE 16 | — | SE 15 | SE 12 | — | — |
| kJ | 30 | 16 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 13 | 12 | 12 | — | — | — | 5 | 10 | — | 9 | 6 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 5 | WSW 5 | W 5 | — | SW 6 | — | W 3 | W 2 | WSW 3 | SSW 4 | S 5 | — | — | — | NE 3 | ENE 4 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 |
| kJ | 11 | 7 | 11 | — | 15 | — | 8 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 43 | — | — | — | 4 | 24 | 32 | 39 | 92 | 89 | 68 | 56 | 69 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 57 | 112 | 57 | 110 | 82 | 82 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 80 | 61 | 57 | 57 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Hawkes Bay | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cray Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest