Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 25 Feb 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
19.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cray Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 11AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (25 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (25 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
1.4
SSE
1.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)710101010101010101010101010101099999967
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1661061021022453182962612261961961611311179894585648333336142249
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
SSE
5
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffglasscrosscrosscrossonglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:43PM
1.48
1:13AM
1.54
1:40PM
1.46
2:11AM
1.55
2:38PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:36AM
0.13
6:59PM
0.12
7:33AM
0.14
7:54PM
0.12
8:31AM
0.15
8:51PM
0.13
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise-6:48-------6:48-------6:50------
Sunset-----8:00-------7:59-------7:57--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------1--1171
Temp. °C121314151616161615151922212020201817171818161616
Feels °C (?)91114131313131415141921192121211816161615131213
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