Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 03 Mar 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
19.1° 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: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)11ft (3.5m)10s
Afternoon (03 Mar)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (03 Mar)10ft (3.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
!
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
3
2
0
1
2
3
3
4
4
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
S
4.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
2.5
SSW
3
SSE
3
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.1
SE
2.2
SE
1.9
SE
2.3
SE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010111312111110101012121111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39024080260026102210179631553202295414293100213217321565953924701147213321095906742567461
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
N
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:01AM
1.55
6:26PM
1.44
6:53AM
1.55
7:19PM
1.45
7:43AM
1.53
8:09PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:21PM
0.13
12:38AM
0.11
1:14PM
0.12
1:31AM
0.12
2:04PM
0.12
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise-6:54-------6:56-------6:56------
Sunset-----7:52-------7:50-------7:47--
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2121--1-----------------
Temp. °C111011131414121112121315161514131212141516161616
Feels °C (?)3234565467810111212121111131313131517
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