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Stingray Bay Surf Photo: 'Stingray Bay' by Rob Davies

Lat Long: 39.34° S 176.95° E

Issued: 11 pm 27 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Stingray Bay sea temperature is

13.4° C

Slightly cooler than normal

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

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SE	N	N	ENE	E
	13 s	glass	3 s	4 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Stingray Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ESE	SE	NE	ENE	ESE
	13 s	glass	2 s	4 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Stingray Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ESE	SSW		ENE	ESE
	12 s	glass		4 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Stingray Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ESE	W	WSW	ESE	ENE
	12 s	off	2 s	12 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Stingray Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ESE	NW	W	ESE	S
	12 s	off	1 s	12 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Stingray Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ESE	NW	NW	ESE	ENE
	11 s	off	2 s	11 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Stingray Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ESE	NW	NW	ESE	ENE
	11 s	off	2 s	11 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Stingray Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ESE	NW	NW	ESE	ENE
	11 s	cross- off	2 s	11 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Stingray Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ESE	NNW	NW	ESE	N
	11 s	glass	3 s	11 s	2 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Stingray Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ESE	N	NNW	ESE	S
	11 s	glass	2 s	11 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Stingray Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ESE	NNW	NNW	ESE	S
	11 s	cross- off	2 s	11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Stingray Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ESE	NW	NNW	ESE	ENE
	11 s	off	2 s	11 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Stingray Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ESE	NNW	NNW	ESE	SSW
	11 s	glass	2 s	11 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 October at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Stingray Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ESE	SSW	SSW	N	ESE
	11 s	glass	4 s	2 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 October at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Stingray Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	ENE		S	ESE
	7 s	glass		7 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 October at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Stingray Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	SE		S	S
	7 s	glass		6 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 October at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Stingray Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	ESE	SE	S	S
	6 s	on	2 s	6 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 October at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Stingray Bay around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 26 minutes before low water (at low spring tide). Tide height was 0.1m (0.5 ft). Range 1.96m (6.4 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Stingray Bay Surf Photo: 'Stingray Bay' by Rob Davies

Flat as a tack. A scramble around the headland from Tangoio. A good wave on its day and on days like this, good fishing. Tangoio had knee to waist-high dumping waves when this photo was taken.

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User: Rob Davies (1346 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2470 photos)

Photo taken at: 2:29 pm 22 Oct 2013