Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 03 Mar 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
21.3° 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 11AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (03 Mar)7ft (2.1m)7s
Evening (03 Mar)6ft (1.9m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.5
SW
0.9
SW
1.6
SW
0.8
WSW
1.4
SW
0.9
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)111087711121111112011181818181616161616151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)174215529176073921027923563209593485480537897964751828915904881848726752602
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
S
35
S
35
S
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
2.94
10:48PM
2.81
11:05AM
2.99
11:25PM
2.86
11:41AM
2.98
12:00AM
2.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:14AM
0.13
4:42PM
0.07
4:55AM
0.05
5:20PM
0.01
5:33AM
0.04
5:56PM
0.02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise--7:07-------7:09-------7:09-----
Sunset-----7:59-------7:58-------7:55--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131314151516161615151516161616161616171718171717
Feels °C (?)666779101011101112121313141515151516151616
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