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Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 14 Jan 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
21.7° C
 (Which is 2.1°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 7AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (14 Jan)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.5
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)111010101010999101010161616151514141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)757601500436333296203212164131142125132208248322418606947834834877777804
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
NE
10
N
10
N
10
NW
5
NNE
10
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscross-
on		cross-
on		onglassonononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:08AM
2.15
7:28PM
2.11
8:08AM
2.24
8:25PM
2.19
8:58AM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:44AM
0.80
1:21PM
0.90
1:44AM
0.76
2:19PM
0.82
2:37AM
0.67
3:09PM
0.71
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise---6:16-------6:18-------6:18----
Sunset-------8:44-------8:43-------8:43
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------113631-1------
Temp. °C191817182225242321201819201920211919191820202019
Feels °C (?)191817192223232321201820212120211919191718181817
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