Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
17.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cray Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 12PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (17 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
1.2
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.4
ESE
0.5
S
0.3
ESE
1.3
NE
1.7
NE
1.6
NE
2.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)9913121110109999128117787899998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)486256759657418270194142104997451352516430330547217817418214513066
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
W
15
NNE
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
N
25
N
20
N
30
N
35
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
35
N
15
WSW
10
N
15
NNE
20
NE
15
N
10
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:49AM
1.48
5:18PM
1.50
5:42AM
1.52
6:11PM
1.57
6:36AM
1.56
7:05PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:06AM
0.12
11:32PM
0.11
11:58AM
0.07
12:28AM
0.07
12:52PM
0.03
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise--6:41-------6:43-------6:43-----
Sunset----5:39-------5:38-------5:37---
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------14------
Temp. °C141315182016151314161718181818181814151819181615
Feels °C (?)111113161713131011121214131213131311141616151515
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