Cray Bay surf break

Cray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 19 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
20.2° C
(Which is 1.5°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 3PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
1
2
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
1.2
E
1.4
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.9
SSW
0.6
ENE
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
ENE
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)11121110111011101099999698891111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20043249524118617617613712588888886656564107948828927417412565
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
NE
5
N
5
E
5
NW
10
NW
5
W
15
WNW
25
WNW
15
W
25
WSW
25
W
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
0
WNW
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
W
5
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:42AM
1.48
8:04PM
1.39
8:28AM
1.50
8:52PM
1.42
9:16AM
1.51
9:41PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:03PM
0.18
2:17AM
0.16
2:50PM
0.15
3:06AM
0.14
3:36PM
0.12
3:56AM
0.12
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-------6:43-------6:43-------6:45
Sunset---8:08-------8:07-------8:06----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192224222019171520242523171413121516171717141414
Feels °C (?)172024222018161215202018121010101513131314131312
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