Cray Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.84° S 177.00° E

Cray Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 25 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cray Bay sea temperature is
12.0°C
1.3° 

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


How big are the waves at Cray Bay today (25 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 9PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 25). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Aug)--
Afternoon (25 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (25 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
S
11
0.7
SSW
11
0.7
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.5
S
18
0.5
S
18
0.6
S
18
0.6
S
16
0.6
S
16
0.6
S
15
0.6
S
17
0.6
S
17
0.8
S
18
1
S
18
1.3
S
17
1.4
S
17
1.4
S
17
1.7
S
17
1.7
S
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
157
121
106
73
162
162
222
198
183
155
207
210
390
606
1009
1156
1129
1586
1363
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
15
W
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
30
W
30
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
5
ESE
10
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
3:20PM1.35m
3:40AM1.26m
4:07PM1.37m
4:27AM1.27m
4:53PM1.39m
Low Tide
9:36PM0.34m
9:48AM0.30m
10:24PM0.32m
10:35AM0.28m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:45
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:42
5:43
5:44
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
17
15
12
11
11
10
12
16
18
16
16
16
13
10
10
10
10
10
10
Feels °C
14
11
9
8
8
7
9
13
15
13
13
10
7
5
7
8
7
6
5
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