Surf Forecast Surf Report
Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 01 May 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
17.7° C
(Which is 1.3°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 2AM is: 5.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 3.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm May 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 May)16ft (5.0m)12s
Afternoon (02 May)16ft (5.0m)12s
Evening (02 May)18ft (5.5m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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 (?)
4
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5.5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
5
S
5.5
S
5.5
S
4
S
4.5
S
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
2.2
S
1.4
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
1.5
NE
1.5
NE
1
ENE
1.6
NE
Period(s) (?)111212121212121212121211111010999899999916151413121212111110101099999999998856666667788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)33526478765184757306684771947778824881974749451230512039161414641075102672110171070588471735306325357395888781658636503415400314258151207176172130103101453925181422242928384971206237117284
Wind
(km/h)
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
ESE
10
E
5
E
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
N
10
NE
5
NE
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
20
N
15
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNE
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crossglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:40PM
1.72
9:08AM
1.57
9:36PM
1.68
10:04AM
1.52
10:31PM
1.63
11:00AM
1.46
11:26PM
1.56
11:56AM
1.40
12:21AM
1.49
12:50PM
1.35
1:13AM
1.43
1:43PM
1.31
2:04AM
1.38
2:34PM
1.29
2:52AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:04AM
-0.01
3:22PM
0.02
4:00AM
0.03
4:17PM
0.07
4:55AM
0.08
5:12PM
0.12
5:50AM
0.13
6:05PM
0.18
6:43AM
0.18
6:58PM
0.24
7:34AM
0.22
7:50PM
0.28
8:23AM
0.25
8:40PM
0.30
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise----6:56-------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------7:00-------7:01-------7:01-------
Sunset------5:20-------5:19-------5:17-------5:16-------5:15-------5:14-------5:13-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1212121111111110111112121214151413121111131514131313121211121212111010991213141414131212151615151413141517181918191819
Feels °C (?)335444424456891010987778879999910101010887710101211111099131414131210111214151414141317
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