Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 14 Feb 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
22.2° C
(Which is 1.7°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 8AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 14). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (14 Feb)7ft (2.1m)7s
Evening (14 Feb)11ft (3.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.7
SW
2.1
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
1.9
WSW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)1212121212127899999914141413131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21214915215212914938511352103223823501502123612951435501335702421269529642982250820811844
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
S
10
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
45
SSW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:01PM
2.10
8:35AM
2.28
8:54PM
2.25
9:20AM
2.46
9:37PM
2.41
9:59AM
2.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:11AM
0.77
2:46PM
0.76
3:01AM
0.60
3:31PM
0.57
3:42AM
0.43
4:10PM
0.39
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Sunrise---6:50-------6:50-------6:52----
Sunset-------8:21-------8:20-------8:17
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
2113--------------------
Temp. °C222221201919191918181818181918181818191919202020
Feels °C (?)26262318161515141212121312139111312131314161617
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