Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 20 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
19.7° C
(Which is 1.0°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 10PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)--
Afternoon (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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

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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
SSW
1
S
1.3
SSW
1.2
S
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)999999888101010101099988878810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)88888665654710212912926421417412790634525141319112207195479
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
20
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
SSW
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:52PM
1.42
9:16AM
1.51
9:41PM
1.46
10:04AM
1.51
10:31PM
1.50
10:55AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
0.14
3:36PM
0.12
3:56AM
0.12
4:24PM
0.11
4:48AM
0.12
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:45-------6:46--
Sunset-8:07-------8:06-------8:05------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262217141413151617171714141417232421161413131617
Feels °C (?)221711101211141313131613131213181915121011111415
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