Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 04 Mar 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
18.8° 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 9PM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.5m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (04 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (04 Mar)7ft (2.2m)10s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
1
2
3
3
4
4
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.4
SE
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
1.7
SE
2.2
ESE
2.2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)111111111010101211111111101010101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)180117011455127888280957514021228923846705548446437378305258232193188130130103
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
25
SSW
25
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
N
15
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
15
NE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
W
10
SW
10
SW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
glasscrosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:19PM
1.45
7:43AM
1.53
8:09PM
1.45
8:32AM
1.50
8:57PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:14PM
0.12
1:31AM
0.12
2:04PM
0.12
2:22AM
0.13
2:51PM
0.13
3:12AM
0.15
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-------6:56-------6:58-------6:58
Sunset---7:50-------7:47-------7:46----
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121616151413121113151616161614131618181817161615
Feels °C (?)81111121212111012121313151713121616161818141514
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