Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 13 Apr 2026 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
17.1° 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 4AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a East direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Afternoon (14 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (14 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
0.8
E
1.1
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)91414141413131313131212121212121111111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30026848283270058656947739538028728522818017713412388866161575250
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
E
10
SW
5
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
20
WNW
30
W
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
25
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise----6:39-------6:39-------6:41---
Sunset------5:44-------5:43-------5:42-
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------11---------------
Temp. °C171615151720181515141312151819161615151416171715
Feels °C (?)16151414151817131412118101215121111121110998
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