Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 28 Feb 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
19.1° 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 5AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (28 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (28 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.5
S
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
1.2
S
2
S
2
S
2
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)66666666668101010101095788899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)115121147947765525219184210056555537236441951549191912791473
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
N
20
NE
15
NE
5
ESE
25
SSW
45
S
30
SSW
20
SW
30
SW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:10AM
1.55
3:37PM
1.44
4:09AM
1.55
4:35PM
1.44
5:06AM
1.56
5:32PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:51PM
0.13
9:30AM
0.15
9:49PM
0.13
10:28AM
0.15
10:47PM
0.12
11:26AM
0.14
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise---6:52-------6:52-------6:54----
Sunset-------7:55-------7:54-------7:52
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11----------------1211--
Temp. °C151515151515161615151414171918191612121011141312
Feels °C (?)12121212121213141212111215161619123554534
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