Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 23 Oct 2025 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
14.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cray Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 11AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (23 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (23 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sun
26
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)121910141313131212121116141413151414121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9811552150908754502827402515537699021147931655377224205154149112
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
20
NW
30
NW
35
NW
25
NNW
15
WNW
30
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
ESE
15
E
20
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
NNW
5
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:32AM
1.40
7:52PM
1.36
8:15AM
1.42
8:36PM
1.35
8:58AM
1.42
9:20PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:22AM
0.24
1:49PM
0.25
2:05AM
0.25
2:34PM
0.25
2:48AM
0.26
3:19PM
0.26
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sun
26
Sunrise-6:13-------6:13-------6:11------
Sunset-----7:38-------7:39-------7:40--
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------11----------------
Temp. °C15162225262219161715171716141312109141819171312
Feels °C (?)111219202119171012111314131011117610141615119
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Hawkes Bay

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Cray Bay (strong winds from the NNW at Te Mata Peak 17 km from Cray Bay). 0.8m 10s swell from the SSW with a 0.5m 16s long period groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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17 km away, 1 h 6 min ago

39 km/h
NNW
0.0
14.1
Air / Water (°C)
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