Piha North surf break

Piha North surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 26 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
20.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Piha North today?

The current surf forecast for Piha North at 7AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 26). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (26 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (26 Mar)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
4
4
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WNW
1.8
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212161615141414131212111111101010101010151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2232162051774254964194133424379701069973908867784680653563500426276437325
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
40
ENE
45
ENE
50
ENE
45
ENE
45
NE
40
NE
35
NE
30
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
15
W
5
W
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:44AM
2.42
4:19PM
2.21
5:06AM
2.31
5:50PM
2.15
6:34AM
2.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:29PM
0.54
10:14AM
0.66
10:43PM
0.68
11:36AM
0.73
12:05AM
0.70
12:56PM
0.66
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise----7:28-------7:30-------7:31---
Sunset-------7:25-------7:23-------7:22
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
15144761073311------------
Temp. °C181717171717181818181919202222201919181819222220
Feels °C (?)14131211109111212141619212422212021192021232221
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