Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 07 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
20.4° C
(Which is 3.1°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 3AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.0m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (07 Dec)7ft (2.1m)13s
Evening (07 Dec)6ft (1.9m)13s

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

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Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
3
4
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
4
4
3
3
4
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.3
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)111111131313131312121212121212111313111312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6736736495531309142714051362113493477468064463358363710771139858722861501508541
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
0
E
5
W
5
N
5
W
15
WSW
10
SW
10
S
5
SE
5
SE
5
SE
10
ENE
5
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
glassoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:27PM
2.87
11:54AM
3.05
12:17AM
2.79
12:44PM
2.97
1:08AM
2.67
1:35PM
2.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:40AM
-0.02
6:14PM
0.07
6:30AM
0.07
7:06PM
0.16
7:21AM
0.19
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Sunrise---5:54-------5:54-------5:54----
Sunset-------8:30-------8:30-------8:31
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181717171921212019181818202121201918171720222121
Feels °C (?)181716171820191919191818202021202019171721201921
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