Piha North surf break

Piha North surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 16 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Piha North surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Piha North sea temperature is
22.1° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Piha North today?

The current surf forecast for Piha North at 5PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 20s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (16 Feb)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (16 Feb)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121212121111111111111111111111111118
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3322252120812047181316941379117410821009991876785702593593524485431382388673785711
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
SSW
0
E
5
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:59AM
2.64
10:16PM
2.57
10:35AM
2.80
10:52PM
2.70
11:10AM
2.92
11:28PM
2.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:10PM
0.39
4:21AM
0.27
4:47PM
0.22
4:57AM
0.14
5:23PM
0.09
5:34AM
0.06
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise-------6:54-------6:54-------6:56
Sunset---8:17-------8:16-------8:15----
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
--11-----------------11-
Temp. °C181919191818171719202020181918172020201918181818
Feels °C (?)151415151516151518171719182019182018171614141413
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