Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 06 Jul 2025 NZST
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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
13.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cray Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 8PM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jul)--
Afternoon (06 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (06 Jul)5ft (1.5m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Mon
14
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.8
S
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
1
SE
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.9
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
2
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
3.5
NE
3
ENE
2.4
NE
1.4
E
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)777778788999615151414141399991112121111111110101212121212121212789910101111111111111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)4656672972742442101821921901561501432153353324715423763873483774626201187186718701579151313491288114110789568618998217867358851132717109910583263274419609181067708597528491385283234209178132109113
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
S
5
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
0
E
5
SE
5
ESE
5
E
0
N
5
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
40
NE
35
NNE
15
N
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
40
WNW
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:10PM
1.31
2:27AM
1.28
2:56PM
1.33
3:14AM
1.28
3:42PM
1.35
4:01AM
1.29
4:28PM
1.38
4:48AM
1.30
5:14PM
1.41
5:33AM
1.31
6:00PM
1.44
6:19AM
1.33
6:45PM
1.47
7:05AM
1.34
7:30PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:21PM
0.35
8:39AM
0.31
9:09PM
0.35
9:25AM
0.31
9:57PM
0.34
10:11AM
0.30
10:45PM
0.32
10:57AM
0.28
11:33PM
0.30
11:43AM
0.26
12:20AM
0.27
12:30PM
0.23
1:07AM
0.24
1:16PM
0.20
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Mon
14
Sunrise------7:33-------7:31-------7:31-------7:31-------7:31-------7:31-------7:31-----
Sunset5:00-------5:00-------5:00-------5:00-------5:01-------5:02-------5:02-------5:04---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111099999910101011111112121212121110101011111010101010101212121312111213141314141412111115151414131312131514131212
Feels °C (?)554455566789899888109889998888889991110899108781210871111109910910108634
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