Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm 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
19.8° 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 11PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 2s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)--
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
Tuesday
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)111413121212121314141313131414141414131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)142186299273260304294362413672756902734138912441210971833669581458351335264
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
E
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:04AM
2.79
12:17PM
2.69
12:37AM
2.70
12:51PM
2.56
1:13AM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:57PM
0.16
6:16AM
0.28
6:30PM
0.27
6:51AM
0.40
7:04PM
0.40
7:28AM
0.54
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise------7:37-------7:39-------7:39-
Sunset-7:12-------7:10-------7:08------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------216
Temp. °C201817171616161920181716161718202018181818171717
Feels °C (?)181615161415131616151514141515161615151415131313
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