Cray Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.84° S 177.00° E

Cray Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cray Bay sea temperature is
12.9°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):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 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 8PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 3.0m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Sep)--
Afternoon (20 Sep)10ft (3.0m)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 2mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue morning, min 6°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Sun afternoon, calm by Mon night).

Sun
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
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
1
!
!
4
4
3
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
S
9
3
S
10
4.5
SSW
11
4.5
SSW
12
3
S
12
2.5
S
12
2.1
S
11
1.8
S
11
1.6
S
10
1.5
S
10
1.3
S
10
1
S
9
1.1
S
10
1
S
9
0.9
S
9
0.7
S
9
1.4
SSW
6
2.3
SSW
8
2
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1441
2056
4422
5688
2577
1854
1107
716
524
431
313
176
216
175
132
74
122
561
548
Wind (km/h)
40
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
5
WNW
5
W
10
NW
10
NNW
5
WSW
15
SW
35
SSW
25
SSW
10
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
00:40AM1.26m
1:05PM1.34m
1:27AM1.24m
1:53PM1.33m
Low Tide
6:36PM0.33m
6:50AM0.33m
7:23PM0.35m
7:36AM0.34m
8:11PM0.34m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
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
Temp °C
12
11
9
7
6
6
9
13
13
12
10
10
9
10
16
18
9
8
7
Feels °C
3
3
2
1
2
3
6
10
9
9
8
8
6
7
14
15
1
2
3
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