Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cray Bay today (18 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.
The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 12AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 9s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Cray Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 8°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, strong winds from the W by Sat night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 14 | ESE 13 | SE 13 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | S 16 | SE 11 | S 15 | S 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 90 | 108 | 108 | 288 | 304 | 326 | 287 | 278 | 264 | 179 | 179 | 195 | 205 | 202 | 232 | 264 | 304 | 209 | 148 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | off | off | cross-off | cross | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | glassy | cross-on | off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 10:20PM1.37m | 10:44AM1.41m | 11:06PM1.33m | 11:30AM1.38m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:33AM0.25m | 5:03PM0.27m | 5:19AM0.29m | 5:49PM0.31m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:05 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
Feels °C | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 14 | ESE 13 | SE 13 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 6 | SE 6 |
| kJ | 90 | 108 | 108 | 288 | 304 | 326 | 287 | 278 | 264 | 179 | 179 | 195 | 205 | 202 | 195 | 182 | 304 | 68 | 49 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 15 | S 14 | ESE 15 | ENE 4 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 5 | SSW 7 | NE 5 | SE 13 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | S 5 | S 16 | S 15 | SE 11 | SE 11 |
| kJ | 17 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 22 | 36 | 37 | 25 | 25 | 264 | 233 | 123 | 126 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 11 | NE 11 | S 13 | SSW 13 | S 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 17 | S 17 | SSW 6 | NE 6 | SE 13 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | S 18 | SSE 5 | ENE 7 | S 15 | S 14 |
| kJ | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 50 | 45 | 74 | 232 | 28 | 19 | 209 | 148 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 3 | NE 3 | NNE 3 | — | — | — | — | NE 5 | NE 5 | — | SSW 6 | S 6 | S 4 | S 5 | SSW 5 | — | — | — | W 3 |
| kJ | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 18 | — | 12 | 17 | 6 | 20 | 42 | — | — | — | 3 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
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