Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 18 Dec 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
20.9° C
(Which is 2.9°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 9PM is: 2.4m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Dec)--
Afternoon (18 Dec)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (18 Dec)8ft (2.4m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)13131313121212121211117888101110111110131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23852197180316741407138412561177518426411643917785953135815621377131311681066181715931347
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
25
W
30
W
25
W
30
W
35
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:32PM
2.41
9:58AM
2.57
10:13PM
2.47
10:37AM
2.63
10:51PM
2.51
11:15AM
2.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:43AM
0.45
4:10PM
0.52
4:22AM
0.40
4:49PM
0.46
5:00AM
0.36
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-----5:56-------5:58-------5:58--
Sunset-8:38-------8:38-------8:39------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------1---132----------
Temp. °C181817171818191920191918181818181818171616161718
Feels °C (?)131414141415161515151513131415131313121111121415
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