Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 27 Mar 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
20.0° 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 12PM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (27 Mar)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (27 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
2
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
3
1
2
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)12121111111110101010109141414141313131313131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10621100110411321091936834725573490408392437431494453545427536615427440447413
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
WNW
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
N
5
ENE
5
NE
0
NE
5
NNW
5
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
N
5
W
5
NE
10
ENE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrossglassglassglasscrosscrossglasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:06AM
2.31
5:50PM
2.15
6:34AM
2.34
7:13PM
2.23
7:45AM
2.47
8:16PM
2.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:36AM
0.73
12:05AM
0.70
12:56PM
0.66
1:19AM
0.61
2:01PM
0.51
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
Sunrise--7:30-------7:31-------7:31-----
Sunset-----7:23-------7:22-------7:21--
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
3----------------------3
Temp. °C202021232220191918181921202019181818192222212019
Feels °C (?)202123232121202119202122202120191918202322222119
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