Piha North Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.94° S 174.47° E

Piha North 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Piha North sea temperature is
16.6°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 (04 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Piha North at 5PM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (04 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Evening (04 Nov)5ft (1.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 23°C on Fri morning, min 16°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Sat
7
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
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
WSW
16
1
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
16
1.4
SW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
13
1.5
WSW
13
1.5
WSW
13
1.5
WSW
13
1.4
SW
13
1.4
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
12
1.2
SW
12
1.2
WSW
12
1.1
SW
12
0.9
WSW
12
0.9
SW
12
1.2
WNW
9
1.3
WNW
8
1.5
WNW
8
1.4
WNW
8
1.3
WNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
326
519
641
857
934
908
971
915
796
784
772
679
620
521
435
390
336
251
205
208
243
280
242
215
Wind (km/h)
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
WSW
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NW
5
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:42PM2.47m
7:19AM2.39m
7:39PM2.55m
8:11AM2.52m
8:26PM2.61m
Low Tide
12:21PM0.60m
1:01AM0.46m
1:22PM0.52m
1:54AM0.36m
2:15PM0.43m
2:40AM0.27m
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14
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Temp °C
19
20
18
17
16
16
16
16
19
21
20
20
17
17
16
17
21
23
20
19
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
17
16
15
14
15
16
16
16
19
22
21
21
17
18
16
17
20
23
22
19
17
16
16
17
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