Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 03 Sep 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
14.3° 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 11PM is: 2.4m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.7m 17s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)--
Afternoon (03 Sep)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (03 Sep)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

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Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
W
2.3
WSW
2.5
W
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212131616151515151514141414141414141413141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)301332233544340543833510300925472299197216761301137414601851199721362017263920642845296028583267
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
WSW
5
W
10
WNW
15
W
10
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
30
NW
25
WSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:19PM
2.17
6:44AM
2.14
7:15PM
2.36
7:36AM
2.33
8:00PM
2.57
8:21AM
2.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:31AM
0.85
12:51PM
0.70
1:26AM
0.65
1:41PM
0.50
2:12AM
0.42
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise------6:39-------6:37-------6:35-
Sunset-6:01-------6:02-------6:04------
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------5157
Temp. °C141413131313131414141313131212141615141314131310
Feels °C (?)1011111010101011111211111199111213111010895
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Auckland

  1. weather stationWind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Piha-The Bar (light winds from the NW at Maori Bay- Muriwai 13 km from Piha-The Bar). 2.5m 12s groundswell from the WSW with a 1.5m 17s long period groundswell, also from the WSW and a 1.1m 13s groundswell, also from the WSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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11 km/h
NW
Onshore
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