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Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 12 Jan 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 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 1PM is: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)1ft (0.3m)6s
Afternoon (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (12 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
NE
0.3
SSW
0.5
S
0.7
S
1
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.8
NE
2.5
NE
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)8861615141211111013121178101010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)566521212033194933962645554093002957542061591561181201151138583
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
30
WSW
20
WSW
20
SSW
30
SSE
20
SE
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NE
35
NE
25
NE
20
SW
0
ESE
10
SSW
5
W
5
ENE
10
SSE
20
SSE
10
ESE
5
NE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrossglasscrossglassglassoncross-
on		onglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:17AM
1.35
1:35PM
1.35
2:05AM
1.33
2:23PM
1.31
2:53AM
1.33
3:11PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:27AM
0.28
7:51PM
0.26
8:16AM
0.32
8:37PM
0.29
9:04AM
0.35
9:22PM
0.31
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-5:56-------5:56-------5:58------
Sunset-----8:42-------8:42-------8:42--
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232221221816161717171820192119171516181917151616
Feels °C (?)181817181312141514131416141816171416171714141616
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