Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cray Bay today (16 Jun):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jun, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jun, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 12AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm June 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Jun) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Jun) | 2ft (0.6m) | 11s |
| Evening (16 Jun) | 2ft (0.6m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Cray Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 8°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mon 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thu 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 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 | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SSW 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 15 | S 14 | SSW 10 | S 6 | S 7 | S 8 | S 8 | S 9 | S 11 | S 10 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 89 | 86 | 82 | 79 | 72 | 47 | 46 | 75 | 137 | 92 | 32 | 33 | 92 | 92 | 104 | 146 | 157 | 112 | 269 | 223 | 241 | 292 | 496 | 311 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:25PM1.69m | 5:51AM1.57m | 6:22PM1.73m | 6:49AM1.59m | 7:19PM1.75m | 7:47AM1.58m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:45PM0.03m | 12:04PM-0.02m | 00:45AM-0.00m | 1:03PM-0.03m | 1:43AM-0.02m | |||||||||||||||||||
 |  | | |  | |  |  | |  | | | | |  | | | | |  | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:31 | — | — |
 | 4:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:52 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
Feels °C | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 13 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 10 | S 14 | S 11 | S 7 | S 8 | S 8 | S 9 | S 11 | S 10 |
| kJ | 89 | 86 | 82 | 79 | 72 | 47 | 46 | 17 | 79 | 58 | 32 | 24 | 92 | 92 | 96 | 107 | 144 | 83 | 183 | 223 | 241 | 292 | 496 | 311 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 14 | SSE 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | S 15 | S 15 | S 15 | S 14 | ESE 12 | S 14 | S 11 | S 11 | S 14 | S 14 | ESE 11 | S 14 |
| kJ | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 30 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 33 | 40 | 68 | 104 | 146 | 14 | 65 | 121 | 91 | 103 | 98 | 12 | 138 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 15 | E 15 | S 15 | S 19 | SE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | ESE 13 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | NE 10 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | SE 12 | — | SE 11 |
| kJ | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 5 | — | 5 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | WSW 4 | SW 5 | — | W 3 | SSW 3 | S 5 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | — | — | — | NW 2 | NW 3 | WSW 5 | SSW 10 | S 6 | S 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 3 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 20 | 75 | 137 | 92 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 37 | 157 | 112 | 269 | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 163 | 163 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Hawkes Bay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cray Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest