Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
21.6° C
(Which is 1.3°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 4AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)18s
Afternoon (19 Feb)4ft (1.2m)16s
Evening (19 Feb)4ft (1.2m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)11111118181716161616151588888889991313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)50857163871170363274873982271154450937236736741442748169479076077723452452
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:28PM
2.80
11:45AM
2.99
12:04AM
2.85
12:20PM
3.00
12:41AM
2.85
12:57PM
2.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:34AM
0.06
5:59PM
0.01
6:11AM
0.04
6:36PM
-0.00
6:50AM
0.08
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---6:56-------6:56-------6:58----
Sunset-------8:15-------8:14-------8:12
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C181818181919202019201818191919191817161617181817
Feels °C (?)161514141515161816181515161515161412111213141515
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