Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 04 Apr 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
19.6° 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 2PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 04). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212111114131212121213141413131314141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)205169161176142186299273260304294362413672756587679126112441159971779680581
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:44AM
2.78
12:04AM
2.79
12:17PM
2.69
12:37AM
2.70
12:51PM
2.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:41AM
0.19
5:57PM
0.16
6:16AM
0.28
6:30PM
0.27
6:51AM
0.40
7:04PM
0.40
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise--7:37-------7:37-------7:39-----
Sunset-----7:12-------7:10-------7:08--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------12
Temp. °C161516192018171717161619201817171716182019181717
Feels °C (?)151315171917151515141316161515151513151615151414
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