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Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 15 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Piha-The Bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Piha-The Bar sea temperature is
21.7° C
 (Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Piha-The Bar today?

The current surf forecast for Piha-The Bar at 4PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
2
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
2
WSW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.9
WSW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)101616151514141414141414131313131313121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10020824832241876375290290215488408047807691198107710341003860819736773826479
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
15
W
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
S
10
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:08AM
2.24
8:25PM
2.19
8:58AM
2.36
9:14PM
2.30
9:42AM
2.49
9:57PM
2.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:19PM
0.82
2:37AM
0.67
3:09PM
0.71
3:24AM
0.55
3:53PM
0.58
4:05AM
0.43
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-------6:18-------6:20-------6:20
Sunset---8:43-------8:43-------8:43----
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
112211---------------1--
Temp. °C212422212020201921222120191818191921212119181716
Feels °C (?)222422211920191820191919191717171820202119151412
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