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Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 31 Jan 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
19.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cray Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 4AM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 31). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.8
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)111313131312111010101010151414131312121111101212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)99225572411324228151108969068671181079892219113718557557267
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
NNE
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
NNE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
WNW
10
WSW
5
SSE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
NE
10
N
5
N
10
NW
5
NNW
15
ENE
10
N
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		onononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:24AM
1.59
4:50PM
1.48
5:23AM
1.62
5:48PM
1.49
6:20AM
1.63
6:45PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:04PM
0.09
10:43AM
0.12
11:03PM
0.07
11:43AM
0.10
12:01AM
0.06
12:41PM
0.08
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise---6:18-------6:20-------6:20----
Sunset-------8:30-------8:30-------8:29
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171716151920202019171614171818181717161519222525
Feels °C (?)141516151918182020161613161516171717161518202524
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