Piha North surf break

Piha North surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 22 Mar 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
19.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Piha North today?

The current surf forecast for Piha North at 2PM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (22 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (22 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
WSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
WSW
1.4
SW
1.7
WSW
1.8
SW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131314141413141414131414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)96699699698196698193284190797590772181198812107111019117910191034929796649555
Wind
(km/h)
0
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
E
10
E
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:35PM
2.97
1:00AM
2.91
1:18PM
2.82
1:45AM
2.77
2:07PM
2.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:30AM
0.01
6:52PM
-0.01
7:15AM
0.13
7:37PM
0.14
8:05AM
0.31
8:28PM
0.34
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise--7:24-------7:26-------7:26-----
Sunset-----7:31-------7:30-------7:29--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171718211919181818171821211917171716171920191818
Feels °C (?)191819211819181919171719181714141413141516161515
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