Piha North Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.94° S 174.47° E

Piha North 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Piha North sea temperature is
14.9°C
0.2° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Piha North at 11PM is: 1.8m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)--
Afternoon (08 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)16s
Evening (08 Oct)6ft (1.8m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri morning, min 13°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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)
3
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
15
1.8
WSW
15
1.8
WSW
15
1.8
WSW
14
1.9
WSW
14
2.2
WSW
17
2.3
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
15
2
WSW
15
2
WSW
15
1.9
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
1.8
SW
16
1.8
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1498
1344
1447
1409
1319
1455
2867
2888
2784
2716
2417
2029
1811
1763
1611
1275
1611
1671
1536
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
E
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
0
SE
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:54PM2.76m
9:19AM2.71m
9:35PM2.85m
9:59AM2.82m
Low Tide
3:08AM0.17m
3:25PM0.19m
3:49AM0.07m
4:06PM0.13m
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clear
clear
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cloud
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cloud
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clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
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Temp °C
15
14
14
13
14
14
16
19
19
17
15
15
14
14
17
18
19
17
15
Feels °C
13
12
13
12
12
12
15
19
18
16
13
14
13
13
15
16
15
14
13
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