Cray Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.84° S 177.00° E

Cray Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cray Bay sea temperature is
13.4°C
0.6° 

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 (10 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 2AM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (10 Oct)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (10 Oct)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun morning, min 12°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
E
7
1.2
E
7
1.2
E
7
1.1
E
7
1
E
7
1
E
7
1
ESE
7
1
E
7
1.2
E
7
1
E
7
0.9
ESE
7
0.9
ESE
7
0.9
ESE
6
0.8
ESE
7
0.7
ESE
6
0.7
ENE
7
0.9
E
7
0.7
E
7
0.6
E
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
147
147
143
121
97
96
99
94
138
92
75
73
70
58
40
57
86
44
34
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
Wind State
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:40AM1.45m
6:03PM1.49m
6:31AM1.47m
6:53PM1.47m
Low Tide
11:30PM0.12m
11:52AM0.15m
00:21AM0.12m
12:45PM0.15m
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Temp °C
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
13
13
13
12
15
17
15
16
15
Feels °C
12
12
13
13
12
12
12
13
12
13
12
12
13
11
14
16
13
14
14
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