Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 11 Jul 2025 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
15.7° 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 10PM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jul)--
Afternoon (11 Jul)4ft (1.2m)16s
Evening (11 Jul)7ft (2.2m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Sat
19
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
2.4
WNW
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.7
SW
1.8
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)161699151591011121313131414141414151616161515141413131313121211101010101414131313131313131313131312121212111113131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)831762158314121263128815742002287138204416473952935814586356315652650077338988934288287923685560665573462643453744298127192524223619141764179831193528378636763365293824342154189116921569136012251262114989084671479611081459161817971916
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNE
35
N
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
N
10
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
10
E
5
W
10
SSE
10
S
30
SW
45
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
45
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:11PM
2.73
10:27AM
2.59
10:50PM
2.80
11:07AM
2.62
11:28PM
2.83
11:47AM
2.63
12:08AM
2.83
12:30PM
2.61
12:50AM
2.80
1:15PM
2.57
1:35AM
2.72
2:05PM
2.51
2:26AM
2.61
3:02PM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:23AM
0.35
4:35PM
0.25
5:04AM
0.28
5:15PM
0.21
5:45AM
0.23
5:56PM
0.21
6:27AM
0.21
6:40PM
0.26
7:12AM
0.23
7:26PM
0.33
8:00AM
0.29
8:18PM
0.43
8:53AM
0.36
9:17PM
0.53
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Sat
19
Sunrise------7:33-------7:33-------7:33-------7:31-------7:31-------7:31-------7:31-----
Sunset5:21-------5:21-------5:22-------5:22-------5:22-------5:23-------5:24-------5:24---
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Rain (mm)
6147-1121111112211112---111---121----------27156231--11-------
Temp. °C151616141414141414141313121212141413131212121314141313131414141514131313131211141412121313121112121313121212131414131313
Feels °C (?)911121010109991011111010101212121211111011111098810991087899981196712131196344355788789
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