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Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 13 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 2.0°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 6AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (13 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121211111111101010101099910101010161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5549109601111116212071006906757601530436378296236198180188200142142208248322
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SW
15
WSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NW
15
WNW
15
W
5
W
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
20
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		glassglasscrosscrossononcross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:02AM
2.13
6:22PM
2.09
7:08AM
2.15
7:28PM
2.11
8:08AM
2.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:43PM
0.77
12:16PM
0.92
12:44AM
0.80
1:21PM
0.90
1:44AM
0.76
2:19PM
0.82
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise---6:16-------6:16-------6:18----
Sunset-------8:44-------8:44-------8:43
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---------------------112
Temp. °C171616161819191818181717212223222121201920192121
Feels °C (?)141414151717171617181617212121222222201918192222
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