Piha North surf break

Piha North surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 06 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
19.7° 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: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Afternoon (06 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
1
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
2
3
1
1
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313121212121212121414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12441042971779680536458351281264190149147144144184362469463431412465458520
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
5
WSW
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
5
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
2.56
12:13AM
2.57
12:28PM
2.40
12:52AM
2.42
1:09PM
2.24
1:38AM
2.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:04PM
0.40
6:28AM
0.54
6:41PM
0.56
7:09AM
0.70
7:25PM
0.71
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise6:39-------6:39-------6:41-------
Sunset---6:08-------6:07-------6:06----
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182019181717171717171818191919181819191817171616
Feels °C (?)151615151313121212121313161719191719191817171616
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