Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 17 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
16.7° 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 10PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)--
Afternoon (17 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.4
ESE
0.5
S
0.3
ESE
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.8
NE
1.5
NE
1.3
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
Period(s) (?)1110109999128116777789101088889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4183201941421049974513525156240234309229235194216161768181158158
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
15
NNE
10
NNW
15
NW
15
N
20
NNW
25
N
25
N
25
N
30
N
35
NNE
35
N
35
NNE
25
NW
0
ENE
10
NNE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
WNW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
5
ENE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:18PM
1.50
5:42AM
1.52
6:11PM
1.57
6:36AM
1.56
7:05PM
1.63
7:31AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:32PM
0.11
11:58AM
0.07
12:28AM
0.07
12:52PM
0.03
1:24AM
0.03
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise------6:43-------6:43-------6:45-
Sunset5:39-------5:38-------5:37-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------1-------1--
Temp. °C201615131516171819181818181716181917151414141517
Feels °C (?)171313101212121314131212121317171615131212141515
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