Cray Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.84° S 177.00° E

Cray Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cray Bay sea temperature is
14.4°C
0.5° 

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 (02 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 12AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (02 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (02 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Mon afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
S
11
1.2
S
11
1.1
S
11
1
S
11
0.9
S
10
0.8
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.4
SSE
9
0.4
S
9
0.7
NE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.5
NE
6
0.4
NE
6
0.4
NE
5
0.5
NE
4
0.2
S
16
0.2
S
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
502
344
274
223
158
122
94
68
47
28
25
49
32
19
9
7
6
20
20
Wind (km/h)
15
ENE
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
10
NE
10
E
5
ESE
10
SW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
N
15
NE
15
NE
5
NNW
10
SW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
glassy
cross
High Tide
11:42PM1.50m
12:11PM1.62m
00:41AM1.46m
1:08PM1.58m
Low Tide
5:56AM0.07m
6:35PM0.07m
6:53AM0.10m
7:32PM0.09m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
14
16
15
13
12
12
15
18
20
17
18
16
15
15
19
20
17
18
19
Feels °C
11
14
13
11
9
9
13
15
17
15
15
13
12
13
17
16
14
17
17
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