Cray Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.84° S 177.00° E

Cray Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 22 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cray Bay sea temperature is
12.8°C
0.9° 

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 (22 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 9PM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Sep)--
Afternoon (22 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (22 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 12°C on Fri morning, min 6°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Tue afternoon, light winds from the WNW by Fri morning).

Tue
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
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
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
S
8
1.3
S
6
1.3
S
7
1.2
S
8
1.1
S
8
1.1
S
8
1.6
S
7
1.8
S
8
1.9
S
8
2.2
S
8
2.5
S
9
2.4
S
10
2.2
S
9
2.3
S
9
2.1
S
9
2.1
S
9
1.9
S
9
1.5
S
8
1.4
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
169
124
159
164
146
141
260
367
442
623
1157
1115
866
846
668
683
554
317
283
Wind (km/h)
35
SSW
25
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
SSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
S
15
SSE
10
S
10
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
1:53PM1.33m
2:15AM1.24m
2:41PM1.34m
3:03AM1.25m
3:28PM1.36m
Low Tide
8:11PM0.34m
8:23AM0.33m
8:59PM0.33m
9:11AM0.30m
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:00
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:07
6:08
6:08
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
11
9
8
7
7
8
8
9
9
9
8
6
6
6
8
11
11
10
9
Feels °C
4
3
5
3
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
5
6
6
6
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