Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 19 Feb 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
19.9° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cray Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 12AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)--
Afternoon (20 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ESE
1
ENE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)111011101110109999999777111111101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)49524118621417613012588888886656564676547227300233130906141
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
ENE
5
N
10
WNW
10
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
W
25
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
0
SSE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
W
5
W
10
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crossglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:04PM
1.39
8:28AM
1.50
8:52PM
1.42
9:16AM
1.51
9:41PM
1.46
10:04AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:17AM
0.16
2:50PM
0.15
3:06AM
0.14
3:36PM
0.12
3:56AM
0.12
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:43-------6:45--
Sunset-8:08-------8:07-------8:06------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232220181715202425221714131316161717171414141722
Feels °C (?)222121171512152120171110101116131413151213121318
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