Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 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
18.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

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

The current surf forecast for Piha-The Bar at 4PM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (22 Apr)7ft (2.2m)9s
Evening (22 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2
S
1.8
SSW
1.5
S
1.3
SSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)999998888131313181716161616151414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1175898778623595576448272196151151151273202232525612382272264425425347282
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
20
E
5
E
15
S
15
SE
15
S
20
S
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:59PM
2.57
1:31AM
2.64
2:01PM
2.37
2:38AM
2.49
3:15PM
2.23
3:55AM
2.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:57AM
0.30
7:17PM
0.35
7:58AM
0.47
8:21PM
0.52
9:08AM
0.59
9:32PM
0.64
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunrise6:52-------6:54-------6:54-------
Sunset--5:46-------5:45-------5:45-----
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1414141413111091113141413131091110111214141313
Feels °C (?)910109765569111110105787889101010
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