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Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 15 Jan 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
19.0° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 2PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.8
NE
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
ENE
0.9
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)969995566666887887888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39455740394445533934353563788189160131182187219247253427
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
NNW
5
NW
5
SW
15
S
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
15
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:40AM
1.33
3:58PM
1.27
4:26AM
1.35
4:45PM
1.28
5:13AM
1.37
5:32PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:53AM
0.35
10:08PM
0.32
10:41AM
0.35
10:55PM
0.31
11:29AM
0.34
11:41PM
0.29
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-6:00-------6:01-------6:01------
Sunset-----8:40-------8:40-------8:39--
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11221--1----11-1-1------
Temp. °C161718192020201818181818191716161515151515161615
Feels °C (?)161718191918191819191716161414141312111110111312
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