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Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 26 Nov 2025 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
17.6° C
 (Which is 2.0°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 10AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (26 Nov)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (26 Nov)6ft (1.9m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sat
29
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)
2
2
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.9
NE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.7
NE
0.9
NE
1.8
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)666666777111111111111111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1711439973123269181172143123179807273229224480480417374320314286281281
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
N
20
N
30
NE
30
NE
10
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNE
25
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
0
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NE
10
W
0
E
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
off		glasscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:35AM
1.40
10:56PM
1.26
11:17AM
1.39
11:39PM
1.26
12:01PM
1.39
12:26AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:24AM
0.29
5:00PM
0.29
5:06AM
0.29
5:43PM
0.28
5:49AM
0.29
6:26PM
0.26
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sat
29
Sunrise-5:39-------5:39-------5:39------
Sunset-----8:17-------8:19-------8:20--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------1-23-
Temp. °C151520212021221917172122222020201919222121191918
Feels °C (?)131417161620201816162019221921201920222223202118
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