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Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 20 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
16.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cray Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 9PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)--
Afternoon (20 Nov)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)101010101010999999999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4464024023253182642172121931611581271611611211018181797775798456
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
10
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
5
W
5
WNW
10
NE
15
ENE
10
E
5
SSE
10
SW
10
NW
10
W
5
SW
10
E
10
E
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
ENE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
off		offoffcross-
off		glasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrossoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcrossglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:02AM
1.41
7:22PM
1.33
7:45AM
1.43
8:06PM
1.33
8:28AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:49AM
0.27
1:20PM
0.28
1:33AM
0.27
2:06PM
0.28
2:17AM
0.27
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise-----5:43-------5:41-------5:41--
Sunset-8:10-------8:12-------8:13------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C211819191818212119202018171618171615131312131616
Feels °C (?)201820191818211918201917161517151415121312131614
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