Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 07 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Cray Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cray Bay sea temperature is
18.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Cray Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 2AM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (08 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (08 Mar)1ft (0.3m)13s

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


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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
1
ENE
0.3
S
0.7
ENE
0.5
ESE
0.6
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.3
SSW
0.6
E
0.6
E
1
S
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.4
S
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)9966619688131366126656788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)706813718473623341513029343531302954123178368417257264229
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
5
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
N
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
ENE
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
W
10
W
20
S
35
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:44PM
1.44
10:06AM
1.43
10:30PM
1.42
10:51AM
1.39
11:15PM
1.40
11:37AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:00AM
0.18
4:22PM
0.19
4:47AM
0.22
5:07PM
0.23
5:33AM
0.26
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise------7:01-------7:01-------7:03-
Sunset-7:45-------7:44-------7:42------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181717161415171818181716151317191615141414151515
Feels °C (?)1716161613151716161817151410151510991010111111
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