Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 28 Mar 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
20.0° 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 3AM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (28 Mar)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
2.2
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)1010101010914141414131313131314131313898818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8347255734904083824374314944535455364275364274475143733096501094578521621
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
N
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NNE
30
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
W
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglassglasscrossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crossononononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:34AM
2.34
7:13PM
2.23
7:45AM
2.47
8:16PM
2.39
8:39AM
2.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:05AM
0.70
12:56PM
0.66
1:19AM
0.61
2:01PM
0.51
2:20AM
0.47
2:53PM
0.35
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise----7:31-------7:31-------7:31---
Sunset-------7:22-------7:21-------7:20
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------181-1211
Temp. °C191918181921201918181717192122201919201920201919
Feels °C (?)202020202122201919191717202223212019181818181717
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