Piha North Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.94° S 174.47° E

Piha North 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 02 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Piha North sea temperature is
14.2° C
0.3° 

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 (02 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Piha North at 1PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Aug)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (02 Aug)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (02 Aug)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 14°C on Mon morning, min 7°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sunday
2
Monday
3
Tuesday
4
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
!
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.4
SW
12
2.2
SW
12
2.1
SW
12
1.9
SW
11
1.9
SW
11
1.4
SW
10
1.6
SW
10
1.7
SW
12
0.7
SW
20
1.1
SW
20
1.4
SW
19
1.6
SW
19
1.8
SW
19
2
WSW
18
2.2
WSW
18
2.2
WSW
17
2.1
WSW
17
2.1
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
2
WSW
16
3
SW
10
2.2
SW
16
3
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1711
1369
1102
891
875
363
498
808
428
936
1519
1770
2205
2490
3032
2929
2522
2376
2290
1953
1814
2233
4223
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
11:46AM2.64m
00:02AM2.79m
12:23PM2.62m
00:39AM2.73m
1:03PM2.56m
Low Tide
5:43AM0.22m
5:53PM0.25m
6:20AM0.23m
6:32PM0.31m
6:59AM0.27m
7:15PM0.40m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:20
7:18
7:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:37
5:37
5:37
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
8
7
9
11
12
12
13
13
13
13
14
14
13
14
14
13
13
14
13
13
12
10
9
Feels °C
4
3
4
7
9
8
10
11
10
9
9
9
7
9
8
7
7
8
6
6
6
4
3
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