Cray Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.84° S 177.00° E

Cray Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cray Bay sea temperature is
12.8°C
0.8° 

Cray Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cray Bay today (20 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Sep, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 11s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 1PM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Sep)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (20 Sep)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (20 Sep)15ft (4.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue morning, min 6°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Sun morning, calm by Mon night).

Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
!
!
4
4
4
2
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
13
0.6
ESE
11
1.6
SSW
6
2.1
S
8
2.5
S
9
3
S
10
4.5
SSW
11
5
SSW
13
3
S
13
2.5
S
13
2.2
S
12
1.9
S
11
1.7
S
10
1.5
S
10
1.3
S
10
1.2
S
10
1.1
S
10
1
S
10
0.9
S
10
0.7
S
9
1.4
S
6
1.8
S
7
2
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
123
79
177
559
1225
2097
4503
7873
3075
2206
1324
843
603
449
326
257
234
198
146
78
137
320
526
Wind (km/h)
30
WNW
45
W
40
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
5
WSW
15
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
15
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross
cross
glassy
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
12:17PM1.35m
00:40AM1.26m
1:05PM1.34m
1:27AM1.24m
1:53PM1.33m
Low Tide
6:04AM0.32m
6:36PM0.33m
6:50AM0.33m
7:23PM0.35m
7:36AM0.34m
8:11PM0.34m
cloud
clear
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:03
6:01
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:06
6:07
6:07
 mm
2
2
1
Temp °C
15
13
8
11
11
10
8
6
6
6
9
12
12
11
10
9
9
10
16
18
9
8
7
Feels °C
8
3
-1
2
3
2
1
1
2
3
6
9
8
8
8
7
7
7
15
15
2
1
3
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

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 locationNearest