Piha North surf break

Piha North surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
19.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Piha North today?

The current surf forecast for Piha North at 6PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (11 Apr)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
2.4
SSW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
WSW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)131111101013131312789888121212111111171316
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)38234133425320417214214010452221252384156591662028338737942369386985710861474
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
SE
30
ESE
25
ESE
30
SSE
45
SSW
50
SSW
45
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
25
WNW
20
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:28PM
1.98
5:08AM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:18AM
0.95
10:41PM
0.90
11:29AM
0.84
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise6:43-------6:43-------6:45-------
Sunset---6:01-------6:00------5:59-----
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----131471921101------1311-1
Temp. °C182121201919202020191919191818181920201717181716
Feels °C (?)151717161615171818131213151516161717171414161414
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