Piha North surf break

Piha North surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 09 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
19.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Piha North today?

The current surf forecast for Piha North at 2AM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (10 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (10 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
2
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.2
SW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
2.4
S
4
SSW
4
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)12121515131314141413131313111110101313136898
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37842865681852845899010491154890953876382341334253204172142142448228122621771
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
35
SE
35
SW
50
SW
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:36AM
2.14
3:06PM
1.99
3:51AM
2.09
4:28PM
1.98
5:08AM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:19PM
0.84
9:03AM
0.94
9:27PM
0.92
10:18AM
0.95
10:41PM
0.90
11:29AM
0.84
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise----6:43-------6:43-------6:43---
Sunset-------6:02-------6:01-------6:00
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------23918173-
Temp. °C171717161719191918171717182120192020202121201919
Feels °C (?)161616151618181917161514151716151617161718171213
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