Piha North Surf Forecast

/ Auckland (22 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (36.94° S 174.47° E)

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Piha North surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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 14.2° 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 4AM is: 2.4m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.9m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	11ft (3.5m)	10s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	15ft (4.5m)	11s
Evening (18 Sep)	11ft (3.5m)	11s

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

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		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	!	!	!	4	4	4	4	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	W	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2471	2939	2244	1849	2696	3543	4396	3510	2670	2235	1905	2148	4990	5469	4919	4158	3331	2795	2281	1835	1477	1269	1083	884
Wind (km/h)	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:18PM 2.37				6:50AM 2.28				7:18PM 2.51				7:44AM 2.43				8:05PM 2.65				8:27AM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)			12:34AM 0.64				12:55PM 0.56				1:32AM 0.48				1:48PM 0.42				2:18AM 0.34				2:32PM 0.30

		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	2	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	11	11	11	9	9	10	13	13	10
Feels °C (?)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	8	7	7	6	8	7	7	6	7	9	7	6	7	10	9	5

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Auckland

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Piha North (light winds from the WNW at Ranui wx 15 km from Piha North). 2.6m 14s groundswell from the W with a 2.5m 14s groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 16 minutes ago Piha North

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1 h 16 min ago

8 km/h

WNW

Clean

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