Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cray Bay today (25 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ENE swell.
The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 12AM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (25 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (25 Jul) | 1ft (0.3m) | 9s |
| Evening (25 Jul) | 1ft (0.3m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Cray Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri afternoon, min 5°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the SSW by Sun afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 24 | Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | |||||||||||||||||
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) | S 9 | S 9 | ENE 8 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | E 11 | ESE 16 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 15 | ESE 15 | S 7 | SE 14 | ESE 14 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 15 | 14 | 13 | 43 | 51 | 104 | 237 | 246 | 160 | 181 | 208 | 255 | 229 | 272 | 338 | 293 | 497 | 555 | 547 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | glassy | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 1:35PM1.36m | 1:54AM1.30m | 2:22PM1.35m | 2:42AM1.28m | 3:09PM1.36m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:48PM0.32m | 8:05AM0.30m | 8:36PM0.34m | 8:51AM0.31m | |||||||||||||||
 |  | |  | | |  |  | |  | |  | | |  | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:14 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
Feels °C | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 9 | ENE 8 | ENE 11 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | S 6 | E 11 | ESE 15 | S 7 | SE 14 | ESE 14 | ESE 13 | SSE 7 |
| kJ | 15 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 51 | 37 | 237 | 246 | 160 | 160 | 154 | 64 | 144 | 272 | 162 | 293 | 497 | 555 | 292 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | S 9 | S 9 | ENE 11 | ENE 12 | SE 13 | SE 18 | NE 8 | ESE 16 | SE 16 | E 11 | SE 15 | E 11 | ESE 14 | E 12 | S 14 | S 14 | ESE 13 |
| kJ | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 104 | 26 | 49 | 20 | 181 | 208 | 149 | 229 | 141 | 268 | 187 | 16 | 15 | 547 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | S 8 | ESE 11 | SE 18 | SE 13 | SE 17 | S 18 | S 16 | SE 16 | S 16 | S 16 | E 11 | S 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | S 13 |
| kJ | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 76 | 6 | 5 | 255 | 5 | 5 | 149 | 4 | 54 | 50 | 14 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NNE 6 | NW 4 | — | SW 2 | SSW 3 | S 5 | S 5 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 8 |
| kJ | 14 | 19 | 28 | 43 | 123 | 3 | — | 1 | 3 | 27 | 57 | 94 | 71 | 109 | 338 | 257 | 320 | 320 | 442 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 142 | 82 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 222 | 23 | 2 |
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