Cray Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.84° S 177.00° E

Cray Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 25 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 (25 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 9AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (25 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (25 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun morning, min 5°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
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
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
S
9
1.2
SSE
9
1.1
S
9
1.1
S
9
1
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
ESE
14
0.8
ESE
13
0.7
ESE
13
0.8
ESE
13
0.8
ESE
13
0.8
ESE
13
0.8
ESE
13
0.8
ESE
12
0.8
ESE
12
0.9
SE
12
0.9
SE
12
0.9
SE
12
0.9
SE
12
0.9
SE
12
0.9
SE
12
0.9
ESE
13
2.3
SSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
281
248
199
194
162
118
229
201
154
198
195
189
183
172
187
205
205
202
202
199
212
313
703
Wind (km/h)
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
ENE
15
ENE
5
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
E
15
ENE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
W
30
SSW
20
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
High Tide
3:51AM1.28m
4:15PM1.38m
4:39AM1.32m
5:02PM1.42m
5:27AM1.37m
5:50PM1.45m
Low Tide
10:00AM0.27m
10:33PM0.26m
10:49AM0.24m
11:20PM0.21m
11:39AM0.20m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
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rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
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Temp °C
8
8
10
12
12
11
11
11
11
10
11
14
14
13
13
13
13
14
18
19
18
10
6
Feels °C
4
5
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
12
10
10
10
10
10
11
14
15
14
4
1
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