Cray Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.84° S 177.00° E

Cray Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cray Bay sea temperature is
13.4°C
0.5° 

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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 12AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (06 Oct)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed morning, min 8°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
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)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSE
11
1.3
SSE
11
1.1
SSE
10
1.1
S
10
1
S
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
9
0.7
SSE
9
0.6
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.9
ENE
6
1.3
NE
6
0.9
ENE
6
0.8
ENE
6
0.8
ENE
6
0.8
ENE
6
1.1
NE
7
1
ENE
8
1
ENE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
407
353
255
240
200
157
115
86
59
41
53
107
55
41
41
44
109
150
157
Wind (km/h)
20
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
15
N
5
NW
5
WNW
10
N
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
NE
10
E
5
E
5
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
1:24PM1.57m
1:52AM1.44m
2:22PM1.55m
2:51AM1.43m
3:20PM1.53m
Low Tide
7:46PM0.12m
8:04AM0.13m
8:44PM0.13m
9:02AM0.13m
9:41PM0.13m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
10
10
10
9
8
8
10
11
12
12
12
11
9
9
12
14
14
14
13
Feels °C
5
6
5
5
6
6
7
6
7
8
10
9
6
7
9
11
12
14
13
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