Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 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
19.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Piha-The Bar today?

The current surf forecast for Piha-The Bar at 1AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (08 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (08 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212141414141313131313131312121215151313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)190187147144144184362469463431412400458458351346560466378390807818528458
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:28PM
2.40
12:52AM
2.42
1:09PM
2.24
1:38AM
2.27
1:59PM
2.09
2:36AM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:41PM
0.56
7:09AM
0.70
7:25PM
0.71
7:59AM
0.85
8:19PM
0.84
9:03AM
0.94
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise------6:41-------6:41-------6:43-
Sunset-6:07-------6:06-------6:04------
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
342221------------------
Temp. °C181819192019202019181817171718201918171717171720
Feels °C (?)141316172020222119181918171718201817161617161720
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