Piha North Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.94° S 174.47° E

Piha North 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 25 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Piha North sea temperature is
16.2°C
0.9° 

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 (25 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 17s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Piha North at 12PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 17s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Oct)5ft (1.5m)14s
Afternoon (25 Oct)6ft (1.8m)17s
Evening (25 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Tue morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the NW by Tue afternoon).

Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
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
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
17
1.8
WSW
17
2
WSW
16
2
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
2
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
1.9
NW
7
2.3
WNW
7
3
WNW
8
3
W
13
3
W
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1010
1010
899
798
1887
2002
2084
2234
2178
1997
1716
1279
1057
1057
763
569
434
434
362
559
1066
3004
2262
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NW
20
SSW
20
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
glassy
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:31AM2.77m
9:45PM2.86m
10:10AM2.91m
10:25PM2.94m
10:50AM2.99m
Low Tide
3:18AM0.14m
3:36PM0.19m
3:58AM0.01m
4:18PM0.09m
4:38AM-0.05m
5:01PM0.04m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:24
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:22
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
—
7:46
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:47
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:49
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
6
2
3
—
Temp °C
15
15
16
16
17
16
15
14
13
14
15
16
16
15
16
15
14
14
15
16
16
14
14
Feels °C
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
11
10
10
11
11
11
11
11
  • 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