Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 24 Feb 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
19.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cray Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 2PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (24 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (24 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.4
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.5
SSW
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)881010877711101010101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1127640855622529519890108104114250302296281200204171151120969660
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
5
WSW
15
SSE
25
S
35
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
0
ESE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
5
NNE
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
15
ENE
15
E
0
ESE
5
SSE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
glassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:48AM
1.50
12:17AM
1.54
12:43PM
1.48
1:13AM
1.54
1:40PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:41AM
0.12
6:05PM
0.11
6:36AM
0.13
6:59PM
0.12
7:33AM
0.14
7:54PM
0.12
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise-6:47-------6:48-------6:48------
Sunset-----8:01-------8:00-------7:59--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141317231916151513131516161616161515192221202019
Feels °C (?)131116201511111211111514131213161414192019222019
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