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Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 26 Nov 2025 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
17.6° C
 (Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cray Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 7PM is: 1.9m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (26 Nov)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (26 Nov)6ft (1.9m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
NE
1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.9
NE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.7
NE
1.3
ENE
1.8
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
Period(s) (?)66667771111111111111111101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10971123287181172143123379807233240595550480417320314308302240235235231
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
30
NE
25
NE
10
NNE
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNE
25
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
0
NW
5
NNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
E
10
E
5
SSE
5
SW
10
W
10
W
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		crossglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:35AM
1.40
10:56PM
1.26
11:17AM
1.39
11:39PM
1.26
12:01PM
1.39
12:26AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:00PM
0.29
5:06AM
0.29
5:43PM
0.28
5:49AM
0.29
6:26PM
0.26
6:35AM
0.27
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunrise-------5:39-------5:39-------5:39
Sunset---8:17-------8:19-------8:20----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------1---143-
Temp. °C202221222219161721222120212018182022232118171616
Feels °C (?)171717212018151620192120222018182123232219171616
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