Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 28 Oct 2025 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
17.5° C
(Which is 2.1°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 10PM is: 5.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)--
Afternoon (28 Oct)15ft (4.5m)10s
Evening (28 Oct)16ft (5.0m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
SW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
WSW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)101011111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)40485322533647594558442735782994240822072015165814931301115511101046991927851799715650544
Wind
(km/h)
50
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:51AM
2.10
3:27PM
2.19
4:00AM
2.03
4:38PM
2.19
5:18AM
2.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:51PM
0.82
9:10AM
0.81
9:56PM
0.87
10:18AM
0.85
11:07PM
0.82
11:28AM
0.80
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
Sunrise-----6:20-------6:20-------6:18--
Sunset-7:50-------7:51-------7:52------
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C131313131314151515141414141415151515141313141515
Feels °C (?)324457881091111111213131213121211111211
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