Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 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
18.8° 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 2PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s
Afternoon (22 Apr)8ft (2.4m)9s
Evening (22 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
S
1.4
S
0.7
SW
1.3
SSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)999999888871371318171616161615141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1700156414971126878666562498361279212175151151273202232525612382272264431425
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSW
20
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
10
S
5
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
10
E
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:34AM
2.82
12:59PM
2.57
1:31AM
2.64
2:01PM
2.37
2:38AM
2.49
3:15PM
2.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:57AM
0.30
7:17PM
0.35
7:58AM
0.47
8:21PM
0.52
9:08AM
0.59
9:32PM
0.64
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise--6:52-------6:54-------6:54-----
Sunset----5:46-------5:45-------5:45---
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------11521---
Temp. °C121213141414131110101113131313111010121211141414
Feels °C (?)768101197656691011108561097101010
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