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Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 09 Jan 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
18.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cray Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 7AM is: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Afternoon (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Evening (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)4s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.4
SW
0.2
E
0.2
S
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
ENE
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)666777151547877681110101010107712
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7775555444588761119313719189914
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
NW
5
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NNW
15
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:43PM
1.45
11:07AM
1.54
11:36PM
1.41
11:57AM
1.47
12:27AM
1.37
12:46PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:55AM
0.11
5:30PM
0.11
5:47AM
0.17
6:19PM
0.16
6:37AM
0.23
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise---5:52-------5:54-------5:54----
Sunset-------8:43-------8:43-------8:42
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171616172428292622191818253030282523212228323330
Feels °C (?)171516162125252421191818242727252221181925292826
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