Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 18 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
18.9° 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 5AM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.3m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 2.1m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (19 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
4
4
4
3
0
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WSW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.1
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
W
2
W
1.5
WSW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)1299121313141414141414141414131313121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1045156799711772369238126662890326040614634490246914369360027392103173913781174616549729716
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
25
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
WNW
5
NW
5
NE
10
NE
15
NE
30
NW
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
0
WNW
10
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
oncrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:15PM
3.05
10:33AM
3.01
10:58PM
3.04
11:18AM
2.92
11:44PM
2.96
12:06PM
2.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:27AM
-0.03
4:47PM
-0.10
5:13AM
0.02
5:33PM
0.00
6:03AM
0.13
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise----6:50-------6:50-------6:52---
Sunset------5:51-------5:50-------5:47-
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
13751-1--121-122-1---11-
Temp. °C181716151718161414131514151616151413131314171615
Feels °C (?)14141413151612131312138121314141311111113171413
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