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Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 07 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
18.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cray Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 8PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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

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Wednesday
07
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08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
NE
0.3
E
0.3
NE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.6
SW
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)886766666767666667747777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)36342134211914141312687766645910998
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
15
E
15
E
10
NE
5
W
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
5
ESE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
20
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
25
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscrossglassglassonononglasscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:23AM
1.66
9:50PM
1.49
10:16AM
1.61
10:43PM
1.45
11:07AM
1.54
11:36PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:48PM
0.04
4:03AM
0.06
4:40PM
0.07
4:55AM
0.11
5:30PM
0.11
5:47AM
0.17
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-------5:52-------5:52-------5:54
Sunset---8:43-------8:43-------8:43----
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192020191918161618181818171616172429292622181717
Feels °C (?)191818182018161618161618171515152025242220171716
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