Cray Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.84° S 177.00° E

Cray Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cray Bay sea temperature is
13.4°C
1.0° 

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 (20 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 10PM is: 1.2m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)--
Afternoon (20 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Evening (20 Oct)4ft (1.2m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
S
16
1.1
S
13
1.2
S
16
1.2
S
16
1.1
S
15
1.1
S
14
1.1
S
11
1
S
11
1
S
11
1
S
11
0.9
S
11
0.9
S
11
0.8
S
14
1.2
S
14
1.1
S
13
1
S
13
0.9
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.8
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
696
426
723
705
520
485
308
250
237
229
188
185
261
515
411
330
172
92
123
Wind (km/h)
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
W
0
ENE
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
N
15
NE
10
E
5
ENE
10
SSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
glassy
cross
High Tide
1:25PM1.33m
1:49AM1.23m
2:12PM1.33m
2:37AM1.23m
2:59PM1.33m
Low Tide
7:47PM0.33m
7:57AM0.34m
8:33PM0.32m
8:44AM0.33m
9:19PM0.30m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
12
11
11
11
10
10
13
15
16
14
13
13
13
12
16
18
17
15
14
Feels °C
10
9
9
9
9
9
12
12
14
13
12
12
11
10
14
15
14
15
13
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