Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 18 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
16.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Cray Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 3AM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
1.4
NE
1.5
NE
1.5
NE
1.4
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)116779991010788888988889101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24166200229281237194157161967259746669841019492116246362424546
Wind
(km/h)
35
N
30
N
35
NNE
15
ESE
5
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
S
20
S
25
SSE
5
SE
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
W
5
NW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:11PM
1.57
6:36AM
1.56
7:05PM
1.63
7:31AM
1.58
7:59PM
1.67
8:26AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:28AM
0.07
12:52PM
0.03
1:24AM
0.03
1:46PM
0.01
2:21AM
0.01
2:40PM
0.01
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise----6:43-------6:45-------6:46---
Sunset------5:37-------5:36-------5:34-
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---4---------21-177-----
Temp. °C191817141517181717141413151414141413131414161715
Feels °C (?)13131212151616161512129101413121312121212141613
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