Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 25 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
20.8° C
(Which is 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 4PM is: 1.1m 18s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Afternoon (25 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)18s
Evening (25 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
1
3
2
3
3
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)181818161616161515141414141414141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)360399751667926158617881883171616701504137013701370124710481018987875862760711835749
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
15
NE
5
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
0
ENE
5
SW
5
SW
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
0
SE
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
SSE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:25PM
2.28
5:14AM
2.30
5:52PM
2.19
6:43AM
2.33
7:20PM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:20AM
0.66
10:54PM
0.64
11:41AM
0.74
12:15AM
0.67
1:05PM
0.69
1:32AM
0.58
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise--------7:03-------7:03-------
Sunset---8:07-------8:06-------8:05----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202324211817171719212120191818172021212018181716
Feels °C (?)182124201817171720222120201919172120191917181716
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