Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 26 Nov 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
20.0° C
(Which is 3.5°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 10AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (26 Nov)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (26 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sat
29
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)12121111111111119888887788888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)343293255213182150128128106120115140137151151172178218314295286349412424
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NE
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:41AM
2.29
2:08PM
2.43
2:31AM
2.22
2:59PM
2.38
3:28AM
2.17
3:56PM
2.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:54AM
0.59
8:31PM
0.66
8:44AM
0.66
9:26PM
0.67
9:42AM
0.70
10:26PM
0.64
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sat
29
Sunrise-5:58-------5:56-------5:56------
Sunset-----8:20-------8:21-------8:22--
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------1---1-
Temp. °C171722232321191817172121212019191919212220201919
Feels °C (?)161722232322201917182119202020191918202019191819
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