Cray Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.84° S 177.00° E

Cray Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cray Bay sea temperature is
12.4°C
1.2° 

Cray Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cray Bay today (17 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cray Bay at 9AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the W by Sat night).

Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SE
11
0.8
SE
10
0.8
SE
10
0.7
SE
10
0.7
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.9
SE
14
0.9
ESE
13
0.9
ESE
13
1
SE
12
1
SE
12
0.9
SE
12
0.9
SE
11
0.9
SE
11
0.9
SE
12
0.9
SE
12
0.9
SE
12
1.4
SSE
6
1.5
SE
7
0.7
S
15
0.6
S
15
0.8
ESE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
142
127
120
98
90
86
86
288
304
290
287
278
224
179
179
195
205
202
170
216
227
155
157
Wind (km/h)
5
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
SSE
5
S
5
W
15
SW
20
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
20
SW
10
SSW
5
NNE
15
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
glassy
on
on
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:57AM1.44m
10:20PM1.37m
10:44AM1.41m
11:06PM1.33m
11:30AM1.38m
Low Tide
3:48AM0.20m
4:16PM0.23m
4:33AM0.25m
5:03PM0.27m
5:19AM0.29m
5:49PM0.31m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:07
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:02
6:04
6:05
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
9
8
11
14
16
15
14
13
11
11
13
13
13
14
13
12
12
11
11
14
15
15
15
Feels °C
7
5
8
11
13
12
11
11
10
10
12
12
12
13
11
8
7
5
7
11
14
12
10
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