Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 01 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
21.1° C
(Which is 1.0°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 10AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (01 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (01 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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

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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
2
WNW
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)1111111111111111121212121212121212127710111313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5635635735064975445065155425424975054404004004003493693726721637280772217083
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
SE
5
ENE
0
E
5
NE
10
NNE
15
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
30
W
20
WNW
30
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscrosscross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:59AM
2.87
10:21PM
2.73
10:46AM
2.99
11:06PM
2.81
11:28AM
3.05
11:48PM
2.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:41AM
0.20
4:14PM
0.18
4:30AM
0.08
5:01PM
0.06
5:15AM
0.01
5:45PM
0.01
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise-6:35-------6:37-------6:37------
Sunset-----8:34-------8:32-------8:31--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------22-1-----111----
Temp. °C171719202019182019202327262222212219171920191818
Feels °C (?)171720191818182121222527252223212116141515141314
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