Piha-The Bar surf break

Piha-The Bar surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 29 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
20.3° C
(Which is 3.4°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 4AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (29 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (29 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
0
2
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)99991011111111111112131414141414131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)335292252225302571662619724815801830120714901772184817971560128315332338200521622104
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
E
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:34AM
2.18
4:59PM
2.38
5:41AM
2.26
6:02PM
2.45
6:45AM
2.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:26PM
0.64
10:45AM
0.70
11:28PM
0.56
11:49AM
0.64
12:27AM
0.43
12:51PM
0.53
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Sunrise---5:56-------5:56-------5:56----
Sunset-------8:22-------8:23-------8:24
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------22-1--1---
Temp. °C181717171919191816161515202219191819191920212221
Feels °C (?)191717161616171715151414192017191618191921212222
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