Piha North Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.94° S 174.47° E

Piha North 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Piha North sea temperature is
14.2°C
0.0° 

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 (04 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Piha North at 7AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (04 Sep)11ft (3.5m)16s
Evening (04 Sep)10ft (3.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri morning, min 13°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the WNW by Sat night).

Friday
4
Saturday
5
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
WSW
14
2.4
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
16
3.5
W
16
3.5
W
10
3
WSW
11
3.5
WSW
15
3
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
4
WSW
14
4
WSW
14
4
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2136
2345
2638
3207
3669
3606
6525
2254
2334
5051
4423
4407
4822
5603
5875
5938
6022
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
1:45AM2.47m
2:21PM2.42m
2:49AM2.31m
3:35PM2.32m
Low Tide
7:43PM0.49m
8:11AM0.49m
8:46PM0.64m
9:18AM0.62m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:02
6:04
 mm
3
Temp °C
14
14
14
14
15
15
15
14
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
14
Feels °C
11
10
10
9
10
9
9
10
8
8
9
9
10
10
9
10
10
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Piha North surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest