Cray Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 39.84° S 177.00° E

Issued: 11 pm 23 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cray Bay sea temperature is

12.7° C

Cray Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Cray Bay today (24 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 11s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 5AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 23). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Afternoon (24 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	9s
Evening (24 Jul)	0.5ft (0.2m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri afternoon, min 6°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Thu night, fresh winds from the SW by Sat night).
		Friday 24								Saturday 25
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	ESE 11	ENE 11	NE 6	NE 7	E 12	E 12	E 11	ESE 16	SE 16
Wave Graph
kJ	21	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	12	22	51	69	132	137	160	181	208
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	NW	N	N	N	N	N	NW	NW	W	WNW	SW	WSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	off	cross	cross-off	cross
High Tide			1:06AM1.33m				1:35PM1.36m				1:54AM1.30m				2:22PM1.35m
Low Tide	6:59PM0.28m				7:19AM0.26m				7:48PM0.32m				8:05AM0.30m				8:36PM0.34m


	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:14	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	1
Temp °C	10	10	9	8	9	14	15	14	13	13	11	11	10	11	9	8	7
Feels °C	7	7	6	5	6	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	7	6	1	0	-1
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	S 10	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	NE 5	S 9	S 9	ENE 9	ENE 11	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11
kJ	21	18	8	10	10	7	15	14	7	22	51	63	46	137	160	160	157
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	ENE 4	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	ESE 12	ESE 12	S 9	S 9	ENE 11	E 12	E 12	NE 7	SE 17	ESE 16	SE 16
kJ	11	3	17	17	16	15	13	13	6	6	40	69	132	31	76	181	208
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 9	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	NE 8	ENE 8	ESE 11	ESE 11	S 8	ESE 11	SE 13	SE 18	NE 7	S 18	S 17
kJ	8	11	11	10	11	12	3	7	12	12	6	12	26	49	19	6	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 4	—	—	—	—	N 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NNW 4	NW 4	—	SW 8	SW 3	SSW 5	SSW 6
kJ	7	—	—	—	—	9	13	28	42	54	18	4	—	3	3	59	167
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Ocean Beach Hawkes Bay	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Mapere Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Stingray Bay Hawkes Bay	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Waipaoa River Gisborne and Mahia	Tutaekuri River Mouth Hawkes Bay	Matata Bay of Plenty
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Distance (km)	8	110	110	190	110	190	142	154	61	57	0	0	0	0	149	31	219
Best forecast wave conditions in Hawkes Bay	Mohaka River Mouth									Mohaka River Mouth	Mohaka River Mouth	Mohaka River Mouth	Mohaka River Mouth	Stingray Bay		Awatoto Rivermouth
Rating (10 max)	1									1	1	1	1	1		1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Makorori Point Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Makorori Point Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Whales Gisborne and Mahia	Fox River West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tairua Bar Coromandel	Papatowai Catlins	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island
Rating (10 max)	3	1	2	4	4	4	1	1	4	4	5	2	6	6	7	5	5
Header Global	Point Roadnight Australia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Point Roadnight Australia	Point Roadnight Australia	Dolphin Point South Africa	Dolphin Point South Africa	Bruces Beauties South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Sea Vista South Africa	Cathedral Rock Australia	Cathedral Rock Australia	Papatowai New Zealand	Spooky's New Zealand	Nine Mile New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Bancoora Australia
Rating (10 max)	8	4	4	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	6	6	7	5	5

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