Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 19 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
18.9° 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 5PM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.5m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (19 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)10ft (3.0m)15s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.4
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
W
2.1
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)13131414151414141414141313131212121011910999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2369238126662890406040614555455544934559382728892268169716491100972863187518482806221517011565
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NNW
25
NW
10
NW
10
N
5
NE
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
25
S
35
S
45
S
50
S
50
SSW
45
S
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:33AM
3.01
10:58PM
3.04
11:18AM
2.92
11:44PM
2.96
12:06PM
2.76
12:34AM
2.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:47PM
-0.10
5:13AM
0.02
5:33PM
0.00
6:03AM
0.13
6:22PM
0.16
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise6:50-------6:50-------6:52-------
Sunset--5:51-------5:50-------5:47-----
clear
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--11-2321122-----1---11-
Temp. °C171918141413141415161615141313131414141212121313
Feels °C (?)161814131312121113131514131212121210732245
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