Stingray Bay surf break

Stingray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 26 Oct 2025 NZDT
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Stingray Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Stingray Bay sea temperature is
14.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Stingray Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Stingray Bay at 11AM is: 0.1m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 26). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Afternoon (26 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (26 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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

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Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wed
29
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.1
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
S
0.6
NNE
0.6
NE
0.3
S
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)441210101010101010101099661577106777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3469991010101044322027405938387455
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
5
W
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
15
NW
10
WNW
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
W
30
W
25
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:46AM
1.47
10:07PM
1.37
10:28AM
1.45
10:49PM
1.34
11:10AM
1.43
11:31PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:38AM
0.28
4:08PM
0.29
4:20AM
0.30
4:52PM
0.31
5:02AM
0.32
5:35PM
0.33
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wed
29
Sunrise-6:11-------6:09-------6:07------
Sunset-----7:40-------7:42-------7:44--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------111229---
Temp. °C9915192017141415151717211819201716131111111010
Feels °C (?)55111616131010111113141713161815151298436
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Hawkes Bay

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Stingray Bay (moderate winds from the W at Napier Airport 15 km from Stingray Bay). 0.3m 4s local chop from the ENE with a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the SSE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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