Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 20 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 12PM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (20 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (20 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
5
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
W
2.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
S
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)14141414141313131212121010910999988887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)430449024960455938272889226818441493108285586398311381491149911261051819603404246214222
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
W
10
ESE
20
S
30
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoncross-
on
ononononononglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:18AM
2.92
11:44PM
2.96
12:06PM
2.76
12:34AM
2.82
12:59PM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:13AM
0.02
5:33PM
0.00
6:03AM
0.13
6:22PM
0.16
6:57AM
0.30
7:17PM
0.35
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise--6:50-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset----5:50-------5:47-------5:46---
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
12--22111111------------
Temp. °C141415161615151414141414131211121211121414131312
Feels °C (?)1213141415141412131413107546778101010108
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