Cray Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.84° S 177.00° E

Cray Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cray Bay sea temperature is
12.9° C
1.0° 

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


How big are the waves at Cray Bay today (09 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jul, local time) - 18ft (5.5m), 11s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 18ft (5.5m), 11s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 16ft (5.0m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 2AM is: 4.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.7m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)18ft (5.5m)11s
Afternoon (09 Jul)18ft (5.5m)11s
Evening (09 Jul)16ft (5.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 61mm), heaviest during Wed night. Very mild (max 12°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Wed night, light winds from the WSW by Fri night).

Wed
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Sat
11
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
E
10
2.5
S
8
2.5
S
8
3
SSE
8
4
SSE
10
5
SSE
10
5.5
SSE
11
5.5
SSE
11
5.5
SSE
11
5.5
SSE
11
5
SSE
11
5
SE
11
4.5
SE
11
3.5
SE
11
3.5
SE
10
3
ESE
10
2.5
ESE
10
3
SE
10
2.5
ESE
10
3
SE
10
2.4
SE
10
2.3
SE
10
2.3
SE
10
2.2
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
849
828
856
1213
3086
5200
6683
6937
6252
6699
6299
5638
4797
3010
2349
1727
1412
1657
1186
1462
1145
1060
1060
967
Wind (km/h)
35
SSW
40
SSW
30
SSW
45
SSE
50
S
60
S
55
S
55
S
55
S
55
S
50
S
50
S
45
S
40
S
35
SSW
35
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
High Tide
11:48PM1.41m
12:19PM1.39m
00:40AM1.42m
1:13PM1.45m
1:36AM1.45m
Low Tide
5:40PM0.25m
6:09AM0.20m
6:32PM0.22m
6:59AM0.16m
7:28PM0.19m
7:52AM0.13m
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:31
7:31
7:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:00
5:00
5:01
5:02
 mm
1
4
1
11
6
8
6
6
5
3
1
4
3
1
1
Temp °C
12
12
12
12
11
12
11
11
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
10
9
9
9
9
9
7
8
9
Feels °C
5
4
6
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
-1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
3
4
5
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