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Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZST
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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
14.3° C
 (Which is 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 9PM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)13ft (4.0m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)11ft (3.5m)11s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
2
5
3
3
3
4
4
3
4
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1.5
NNW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)11111111111115141413131312121212111111111110616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3868352728532515234422455850522546893861298127182213180615431121989846662478328202151105
Wind
(km/h)
40
WNW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
S
10
S
10
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:18PM
2.51
7:44AM
2.43
8:05PM
2.65
8:27AM
2.57
8:44PM
2.76
9:04AM
2.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:32AM
0.48
1:48PM
0.42
2:18AM
0.34
2:32PM
0.30
2:58AM
0.22
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise------6:16-------6:15-------6:13-
Sunset-6:14-------6:15-------6:15------
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
82--1111----------------
Temp. °C151413131313121313121212101011131412131211111316
Feels °C (?)9977777788997778978766711
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Auckland

  1. weather stationWind Update Light wind has turned cross-on at Piha-The Bar (fresh winds from the W at Maori Bay- Muriwai 13 km from Piha-The Bar). 3.4m 11s groundswell from the W to make surfable waves.

    48 minutes ago Piha-The Bar
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Actual: 48 min ago

37 km/h
W
Cross-On
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