Cray Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.84° S 177.00° E

Cray Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 27 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cray Bay sea temperature is
12.2°C
1.1° 

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 (28 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 3AM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (28 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (28 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri afternoon, min 8°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.

Friday
28
Saturday
29
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)
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
S
16
1.5
S
15
1.4
S
14
1.3
S
13
1.3
S
13
1.2
S
12
1.1
S
12
1.1
S
12
1.1
S
12
1
S
12
1
S
11
1
S
11
0.9
SSE
11
0.9
SSE
11
0.9
SSE
11
0.9
SSE
11
0.8
SSE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1354
966
711
569
534
434
350
344
347
279
265
256
205
205
205
202
161
Wind (km/h)
25
NE
20
NNE
20
N
25
N
25
NNE
30
N
25
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
15
N
20
NNE
10
N
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:13AM1.30m
5:38PM1.41m
5:59AM1.32m
6:23PM1.43m
Low Tide
11:11PM0.29m
11:23AM0.25m
11:58PM0.25m
12:10PM0.22m
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:44
5:45
 mm
Temp °C
11
10
11
12
13
15
18
15
14
14
15
15
15
16
16
13
12
Feels °C
6
6
7
7
8
9
13
10
9
9
10
11
12
12
13
10
11
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cray Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest