Cray Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.84° S 177.00° E

Cray Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cray Bay sea temperature is
12.3°C
1.1° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 5PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (05 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (05 Sep)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Mon morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Mon morning).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSW
8
0.3
S
9
0.3
SSW
9
0.4
SSW
8
0.6
S
12
0.6
S
12
0.5
S
11
0.4
SSW
10
0.4
SSW
9
0.2
SSW
18
0.3
SSW
17
0.3
SSW
17
0.2
S
17
0.2
S
17
0.2
S
17
0.3
SSW
10
0.6
NE
5
0.7
NE
6
1
S
8
2.5
S
8
3
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
24
15
15
24
103
98
57
31
26
32
58
56
23
23
24
21
23
39
127
856
1399
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WSW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
N
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
5
W
35
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
S
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:40AM1.53m
00:06AM1.45m
12:37PM1.54m
1:04AM1.44m
1:36PM1.55m
Low Tide
6:01PM0.15m
6:21AM0.13m
6:58PM0.15m
7:18AM0.12m
7:56PM0.14m
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:30
6:28
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:52
5:52
5:53
 mm
4
2
3
1
Temp °C
12
15
17
14
13
13
11
12
13
15
15
16
14
14
15
15
14
11
11
11
11
Feels °C
9
12
14
11
8
9
7
9
10
12
12
12
10
10
11
12
13
4
6
5
6
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