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Piha North surf break

Piha North surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
18.9° C
 (Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Piha North today?

The current surf forecast for Piha North at 8PM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)--
Afternoon (20 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)14s
Evening (20 Nov)8ft (2.5m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313141413131313141415151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)194922272130192017081551155114271493158314111370137013491370141115381626184616481504135113511210
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
S
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
on		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:30PM
2.58
10:53AM
2.70
11:06PM
2.57
11:28AM
2.68
11:42PM
2.53
12:05PM
2.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:40AM
0.31
5:04PM
0.40
5:16AM
0.33
5:41PM
0.43
5:52AM
0.38
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise-----6:00-------6:00-------5:58--
Sunset-8:14-------8:15-------8:15------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171716161615181919181716161618191918171616161819
Feels °C (?)151616161615181817171716151517171717161515161718
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