Piha North Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.94° S 174.47° E

Piha North 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Piha North sea temperature is
16.4°C
1.7° 

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


How big are the waves at Piha North today (13 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 17s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Piha North at 5AM is: 0.7m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Oct)5ft (1.5m)17s
Afternoon (13 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)16s
Evening (13 Oct)7ft (2.2m)15s

Table - waves today at Piha North. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Thu morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
0
0
2
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
WSW
18
0.7
SW
18
1
WSW
17
1.7
WSW
16
1.9
WSW
16
2
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
15
2.2
WSW
15
2
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
14
1.9
WSW
15
1.8
WSW
16
1.8
WSW
16
1.8
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
13
1.6
WSW
13
1.5
WSW
13
1.6
WSW
13
1.6
WSW
13
3.5
W
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
277
319
622
1506
1881
1982
2206
2090
1622
1257
1599
1586
1566
1527
1225
1175
969
942
915
824
734
863
863
1916
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
20
N
25
N
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
11:24PM2.81m
11:45AM2.83m
11:59PM2.71m
12:21PM2.73m
00:35AM2.57m
12:57PM2.60m
Low Tide
5:38AM0.12m
5:59PM0.24m
6:13AM0.24m
6:36PM0.37m
6:49AM0.38m
7:14PM0.52m
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Temp °C
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
17
18
19
17
17
16
16
17
13
12
13
13
12
Feels °C
14
14
14
14
13
13
15
14
13
13
13
14
14
15
14
14
14
13
13
9
7
7
7
4
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