Piha North Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.94° S 174.47° E

Piha North 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 07 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Piha North sea temperature is
17.0°C
1.1° 

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 (07 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Nov, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Piha North at 9AM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 07). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Nov)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (07 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (07 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 45mm), heaviest during Mon night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat morning, min 16°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
7
Sunday
8
Monday
9
Tue
10
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
WNW
8
1.2
WNW
8
1.2
WNW
8
1.2
WNW
8
1.3
WNW
8
1.5
WNW
7
1.9
NW
7
1.9
WNW
7
1.8
WNW
8
1.6
WNW
8
1.4
WNW
8
1.5
WNW
9
1.2
WSW
15
1.5
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
14
1.8
WSW
14
2
WSW
14
2.1
WSW
14
2
WSW
14
1.9
WSW
13
1.9
WSW
13
1.8
WSW
13
1.6
WSW
13
1.5
WSW
13
1.5
WSW
13
1.4
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
161
171
158
158
183
237
314
362
353
311
243
322
632
949
1175
1351
1601
1627
1387
1243
1224
1093
888
734
734
640
Wind (km/h)
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
5
WSW
5
E
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
High Tide
8:55AM2.63m
9:09PM2.66m
9:34AM2.72m
9:47PM2.69m
10:11AM2.77m
10:24PM2.69m
Low Tide
2:40AM0.27m
3:01PM0.35m
3:21AM0.21m
3:43PM0.30m
3:59AM0.19m
4:22PM0.28m
4:36AM0.20m
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
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6:11
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6:07
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1
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23
15
Temp °C
17
17
19
19
19
18
16
16
16
16
17
19
19
17
17
16
16
16
19
18
17
17
16
16
17
17
Feels °C
17
16
18
18
17
16
13
13
14
15
15
17
17
17
17
16
16
15
17
16
15
15
14
15
16
17
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