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Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 23 Nov 2025 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
17.5° C
 (Which is 2.0°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 6PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (23 Nov)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (23 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
SSW
1.1
SE
1.3
E
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
1.1
ENE
Period(s) (?)999999999999914551212566666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8473567373565658585655555463609550739411413725619685
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
20
E
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
10
SW
5
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:28AM
1.43
8:49PM
1.32
9:11AM
1.43
9:32PM
1.30
9:53AM
1.41
10:13PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:50PM
0.28
3:00AM
0.28
3:34PM
0.28
3:42AM
0.29
4:17PM
0.29
4:24AM
0.29
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Sunrise-------5:41-------5:39-------5:39
Sunset---8:14-------8:15-------8:15----
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cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--5----11-1-------------
Temp. °C151715161615141414151515151515151616161616161516
Feels °C (?)141515161614131212141312121313121313121312141414
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