Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 19 Jul 2025 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
15.1° C
(Which is 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 2PM is: 2.5m 18s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 24s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)8ft (2.5m)16s
Afternoon (19 Jul)8ft (2.5m)18s
Evening (19 Jul)8ft (2.5m)17s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.3
SW
2.2
WSW
2.2
SW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)161518181717191918181716161616161616161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)415637874631404141223875595850543553377135212983293627312343269424722262233023302550264725462427
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
5
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
0
N
5
SW
5
E
5
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
E
5
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:06PM
2.41
4:31AM
2.41
5:18PM
2.41
5:45AM
2.39
6:29PM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:52AM
0.43
10:23PM
0.59
10:58AM
0.48
11:34PM
0.60
12:05PM
0.47
12:44AM
0.54
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Sunrise7:30-------7:28-------7:28-------
Sunset--5:25-------5:27-------5:27-----
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Rain (mm)
--1----1----------------
Temp. °C121314131312121112121312111111111012111110999
Feels °C (?)10101010111091111101110998779787666
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Auckland

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent cross-onshore wind has turned cross-shore at Piha-The Bar (moderate winds from the SW at Maori Bay- Muriwai 13 km from Piha-The Bar). 2.3m 15s groundswell from the WSW with a 1.0m 19s long period groundswell, also from the WSW. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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26 km/h
SW
Cross-Shore
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