Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 26 Nov 2025 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
20.0° C
(Which is 3.5°C warmer than 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 7PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (26 Nov)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (26 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
W
1.4
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)111111111111988888788888888899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)255213182150128128106120115134137159132187277302264322418445439434366318
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NW
5
NE
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:08PM
2.43
2:31AM
2.22
2:59PM
2.38
3:28AM
2.17
3:56PM
2.35
4:34AM
2.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:54AM
0.59
8:31PM
0.66
8:44AM
0.66
9:26PM
0.67
9:42AM
0.70
10:26PM
0.64
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunrise-------5:56-------5:56-------5:56
Sunset---8:20-------8:21-------8:22----
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--1-------------1-1-11--
Temp. °C222323211918171721222221191919192121201919191918
Feels °C (?)222424221918171721212021202019182020191820201917
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