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Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 09 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
21.5° C
 (Which is 2.3°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 7PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 19s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (09 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (09 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
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)
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
3
1
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
WSW
1.6
SW
1.5
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)111013121313131312121212121115141414141413131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)258216479496529555555479850836822756660573522117599698296910081206167320082032
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		onononononononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:41PM
2.61
3:09AM
2.37
3:27PM
2.43
4:00AM
2.25
4:18PM
2.27
4:58AM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:33AM
0.41
9:06PM
0.43
9:21AM
0.58
9:53PM
0.57
10:13AM
0.74
10:45PM
0.69
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-------6:13-------6:13-------6:15
Sunset---8:45-------8:44-------8:44----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192020201919181919202020191919192222232120202020
Feels °C (?)171817181818161919191921202019192121212020191918
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