Cray Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.84° S 177.00° E

Cray Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cray Bay sea temperature is
14.6°C
0.5° 

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 (06 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 4PM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Nov)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (06 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (06 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
6
Saturday
7
Sunday
8
Mon
9
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
ENE
7
1.1
NE
7
1.1
NE
7
0.8
ENE
7
0.8
ENE
6
0.8
ENE
7
0.8
ENE
8
1.1
NE
8
1.1
NE
8
0.9
ENE
7
1.5
NE
7
1.4
NE
6
1.5
NE
7
1.6
NE
7
1.1
ENE
8
1.1
ENE
8
1.5
NE
8
1
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
57
102
121
57
43
57
74
141
141
93
192
166
189
248
138
142
250
126
109
103
103
84
82
54
Wind (km/h)
10
N
15
NE
10
NNE
5
S
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
15
NNW
0
E
5
NE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
0
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
3:57PM1.45m
4:29AM1.41m
4:50PM1.43m
5:20AM1.43m
5:40PM1.41m
6:08AM1.44m
Low Tide
9:44AM0.19m
10:15PM0.15m
10:39AM0.20m
11:06PM0.17m
11:32AM0.21m
11:54PM0.18m
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7:55
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Temp °C
20
22
22
19
20
19
17
17
20
21
18
18
18
16
15
16
20
22
22
21
19
16
15
15
Feels °C
19
20
21
19
20
18
16
16
19
18
16
17
16
17
15
14
17
20
20
19
17
15
14
15
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