Piha North surf break

Piha North surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 11 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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
20.3° 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 2AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 11). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (12 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (12 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
SW
0.7
WSW
1.8
SSW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)1313131312121212121111121212121212121111141367
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5725634444373532872472052051891451471541471441429088878563151238498
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
25
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
5
N
5
NW
10
W
15
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:29PM
2.08
4:11AM
2.08
4:41PM
1.96
5:35AM
2.02
6:11PM
1.95
6:58AM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:53PM
0.88
10:36AM
1.01
11:06PM
0.97
11:59AM
1.03
12:28AM
0.94
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise------7:16-------7:16-------7:18-
Sunset-7:47-------7:45-------7:45------
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------1111--21111-
Temp. °C171717171717192120202020202121232624212120201819
Feels °C (?)131312131313141716161718192121242625232422201515
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