Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 26 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Piha-The Bar today?

The current surf forecast for Piha-The Bar at 11AM is: 2.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)15s
Afternoon (26 Feb)6ft (1.9m)14s
Evening (26 Feb)6ft (1.8m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
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
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)161515141414141414141313131313131313131313131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17881883171616701504150413701370124710481018987875862711760835749876876951109412491176
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
NNW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
WNW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
E
15
ENE
10
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscrossglassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:14AM
2.30
5:52PM
2.19
6:43AM
2.33
7:20PM
2.25
7:59AM
2.47
8:29PM
2.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:41AM
0.74
12:15AM
0.67
1:05PM
0.69
1:32AM
0.58
2:15PM
0.54
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
Sunrise--7:03-------7:03-------7:05-----
Sunset-----8:06-------8:05-------8:02--
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------121--
Temp. °C171719212120191818182021212018181716192220201918
Feels °C (?)171719222020201818192019191918181716182118181716
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