Piha North Surf Break

Piha North 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.94° S 174.47° E

Issued: 5 pm 03 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Piha North sea temperature is
14.6° C

Slightly cooler than normal

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 (04 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Piha North at 12AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (04 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (04 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat morning, min 10°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, fresh winds from the W by Sun night).

Fri
3
Saturday
4
Sunday
5
Mon
6
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
2
!
3
4
2
2
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
WSW
13
0.5
SW
13
0.6
WSW
14
0.6
WSW
14
0.6
WSW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
13
0.6
W
12
0.8
W
12
0.8
W
11
1
W
11
2.3
WNW
9
3
WNW
10
2.3
W
10
2.2
W
10
2
WNW
9
1
WSW
17
1.1
WSW
16
2.2
W
9
2.5
WSW
10
2.5
WSW
12
2.4
WSW
11
3
WSW
13
3.5
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
116
84
125
136
138
99
87
103
171
155
220
917
1588
1026
872
600
563
651
792
1340
1778
1347
3488
4212
Wind (km/h)
0
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
20
NE
30
W
25
W
25
WNW
30
NW
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
11:55PM2.67m
12:12PM2.47m
00:31AM2.64m
12:51PM2.44m
1:10AM2.60m
Low Tide
5:42PM0.36m
6:11AM0.40m
6:20PM0.40m
6:50AM0.41m
7:00PM0.45m
7:32AM0.43m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
mod rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:35
7:35
7:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:15
5:16
5:16
5:17
 mm
1
6
2
1
5
4
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
12
12
12
12
12
12
15
15
13
13
13
13
13
14
15
14
12
11
11
10
11
11
12
Feels °C
14
11
10
10
9
9
8
11
10
8
9
10
11
11
13
12
11
9
9
7
4
5
5
5
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
WSW
13
0.5
SW
13
0.6
WSW
14
0.6
WSW
14
0.6
WSW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
13
0.6
W
12
0.8
W
12
0.8
W
11
1
W
11
0.4
SW
16
2.5
WNW
10
2.3
W
10
2.2
W
10
0.9
WSW
18
1
WSW
17
1.9
W
8
2.2
W
9
1.3
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
12
2.4
WSW
11
0.6
WSW
21
1.1
SW
20
Energy kJ
116
84
125
136
138
99
87
103
171
155
220
69
1250
1026
872
480
563
500
792
796
1778
1347
288
872
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
9
0.2
W
14
0.4
W
13
0.4
WSW
14
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
17
0.3
WSW
20
0.5
SW
16
0.8
WSW
18
0.9
WSW
18
0.6
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
11
1.1
WSW
16
1
WSW
16
0.1
SW
24
1.2
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
14
Energy kJ
67
65
2
2
2
15
54
71
44
44
75
75
132
356
486
93
150
651
487
22
627
1106
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SW
7
0.2
W
9
0.2
W
9
0.2
WSW
18
0.2
WSW
18
0.2
WSW
18
0.3
SW
13
0.3
WSW
20
0.8
WSW
11
0.5
WSW
12
0.2
WSW
23
0.3
SW
22
Energy kJ
2
6
6
31
30
30
27
75
153
85
52
77
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
NNE
2
0.4
N
3
0.6
N
4
0.7
N
4
1
NNW
5
1.1
NNW
5
1.6
NNW
6
2.3
WNW
9
3
WNW
10
2
WNW
9
2
WNW
8
2
W
8
2.5
WSW
10
1.3
SSW
6
3
WSW
13
3.5
WSW
13
Energy kJ
1
3
9
16
44
61
172
917
1588
600
562
516
1340
100
3488
4212
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
3
3
4
1
1
1
1
Distance (km)
0
0
0
0
0
0
108
108
326
326
338
121
43
43
43
43
43
7
7
13
43
43
43
115
Best forecast wave conditions in Auckland
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
3
4
4
1
1
1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
2
4
3
2
4
3
2
2
4
4
4
4
5
5
7
7
5
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
9
9
9
7
8
5
5
5
7
5
4
5
5
4
5
5
9
9
9
8
6
7
7
5
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