Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 24 Nov 2025 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 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cray Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 11PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Nov)--
Afternoon (24 Nov)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (24 Nov)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.8
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
NE
1.4
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.6
ENE
2.1
NE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
Period(s) (?)999141313912121266666666777121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)555554636055997373721021421961418270123197404172157158189246
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
SE
15
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
15
N
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NNE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:32PM
1.30
9:53AM
1.41
10:13PM
1.28
10:35AM
1.40
10:56PM
1.26
11:17AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:42AM
0.29
4:17PM
0.29
4:24AM
0.29
5:00PM
0.29
5:06AM
0.29
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Sunrise-----5:39-------5:39-------5:39--
Sunset-8:15-------8:15-------8:17------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151515151415161616161515151519212121211917172020
Feels °C (?)131213141213131312121111131416161618201816171918
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