Piha North surf break

Piha North surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 10 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 8AM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 10). 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 (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (10 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (10 Apr)6ft (1.8m)14s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
2
2
3
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
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
0.6
WSW
3.5
SSW
4.5
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1515131314141413131313111110101313131289999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)656818680680990104912368909538763823413342532041721421401041528353628221684844
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
25
SSE
45
SSW
40
WSW
40
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononon
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)
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
Mon
13
Sunrise--6:43-------6:43-------6:43-----
Sunset-----6:02-------6:01-------6:00--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------31081891---
Temp. °C161617191919181817161820191920202021202019191919
Feels °C (?)141516181819171715131416151517161617181514141617
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