Cray Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 39.84° S 177.00° E

Issued: 5 am 10 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Cray Bay sea temperature is

12.8° C

Cray Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Cray Bay today (10 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 11AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 17s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Jul)	11ft (3.5m)	10s
Afternoon (10 Jul)	8ft (2.5m)	10s
Evening (10 Jul)	8ft (2.5m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 11°C on Fri morning, min 6°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Fri morning, calm by Sun morning).
	Friday 10							Saturday 11								Sunday 12								Mon 13
	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	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	3376	3278	2504	1667	1384	1163	1254	874	951	782	703	641	443	443	385	431	387	274	237	199	184	184	164	175
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	S	ESE	ENE	NNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	off
High Tide	00:40AM1.42m				1:13PM1.45m				1:36AM1.45m				2:10PM1.52m				2:35AM1.47m					3:08PM1.58m
Low Tide			6:59AM0.16m				7:28PM0.19m				7:52AM0.13m				8:26PM0.16m				8:48AM0.09m					9:26PM0.12m


	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	7:31
	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:02	—	—	5:04
mm	2	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	10	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	11	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	8
Feels °C	1	1	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	5	6	4	5	4	4	6	6	8	8	7	6	5
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SSW 13	S 17	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10
kJ	3376	98	53	1667	1384	1163	1254	874	951	782	703	641	443	443	385	431	387	274	237	199	184	184	164	175
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 19	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	S 7	SSW 11	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	S 18	S 6	S 6	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 11	S 11
kJ	29	103	119	119	53	49	46	130	37	35	33	32	103	49	29	129	115	109	100	89	117	139	123	112
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	SSW 16	—	SSW 16	SSW 11	S 21	S 16	S 20	S 19	SSW 10	S 18	S 16	SSW 9	S 9	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 7	—	—	SW 16
kJ	—	—	—	—	223	—	212	40	9	19	31	66	31	158	135	17	15	16	12	13	22	—	—	65
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	SE 10	SE 10	S 8	S 8	S 8	—	S 7	—	—	—	SSW 14	S 7	—	SSW 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	828	3278	2504	377	331	198	—	206	—	—	—	508	43	—	50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Waihau Bay East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape	Himatangi Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Himatangi Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Himatangi Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Napier - The Reef Hawkes Bay	Waimarama Hawkes Bay	Te Awanga Hawkes Bay	Te Awanga Hawkes Bay	Waimarama Hawkes Bay	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Waimarama Hawkes Bay	Awatoto Rivermouth Hawkes Bay	Haumoana River Mouth Hawkes Bay	Waimarama Hawkes Bay	Waimarama Hawkes Bay	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Raneika Beach Hawkes Bay	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	260	260	163	163	163	41	2	23	23	2	0	2	39	27	2	2	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Hawkes Bay						Napier - The Reef	Waimarama	Te Awanga	Te Awanga	Waimarama	Cray Bay	Waimarama	Napier - The Reef	Napier - The Reef	Stingray Bay	Stingray Bay	Stingray Bay	Cray Bay	Mohaka River Mouth	Mohaka River Mouth	Raneika Beach	Mohaka River Mouth	Stingray Bay	Mohaka River Mouth
Rating (10 max)						3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Header Global	Baler - Lindy's Point Philippines	Weld Road New Zealand	Boneyards South Africa	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Barbel Point South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Papatowai New Zealand	Bruces Beauties South Africa	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach New Zealand	Injidup Carpark Australia	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Etang-Sale Reunion	Etang-Sale Reunion	Etang-Sale Reunion	Saint Leu Reunion	Chameau Mauritius
Rating (10 max)	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	6	7	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4

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