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Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 14 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
20.0° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 7AM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Afternoon (14 Feb)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (14 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
NE
1.9
NE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.7
S
2.3
S
3
S
3.5
S
4
S
4.5
S
6
SSW
5.5
SSW
6
SSW
4.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.4
S
Period(s) (?)77777778897891010111212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)53737516713213210886981772202956251380242035994506962485751045150593132214519281363
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
15
NNE
5
N
10
WSW
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
40
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
50
SW
50
SW
55
W
70
WSW
65
WSW
55
WSW
55
W
50
W
35
W
35
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:48AM
1.34
4:08PM
1.26
4:36AM
1.36
4:55PM
1.27
5:23AM
1.39
5:43PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:30PM
0.33
10:04AM
0.36
10:17PM
0.32
10:52AM
0.34
11:05PM
0.29
11:41AM
0.31
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Sunrise---6:35-------6:37-------6:37----
Sunset-------8:15-------8:14-------8:13
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
22-1321-----1128312362----
Temp. °C212020201818171717161615151412121314141516181819
Feels °C (?)24212221161513131311976531-11357111115
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