Piha-The Bar Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.95° S 174.47° E

Piha-The Bar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Piha-The Bar sea temperature is
14.4°C
0.2° 

Piha-The Bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Piha-The Bar today (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 17s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Piha-The Bar at 1PM is: 3.5m 17s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)11ft (3.5m)16s
Afternoon (06 Sep)11ft (3.5m)17s
Evening (06 Sep)10ft (3.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Mon night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun night, min 11°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Mon morning, light winds from the SSE by Tue night).

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
17
3
WSW
17
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
3
WNW
10
2
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
11
2.4
WSW
12
2.1
WSW
12
2.3
SW
11
2.4
SW
10
2.5
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5772
5720
6432
6634
6987
5718
4938
4819
4432
3936
4084
3913
3576
3114
1809
1601
1143
1575
1613
1248
1201
1254
1939
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
10
SE
15
S
10
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:12AM2.21m
5:03PM2.33m
5:41AM2.24m
6:22PM2.46m
6:54AM2.39m
7:25PM2.65m
Low Tide
10:37AM0.66m
11:26PM0.69m
11:55AM0.59m
00:40AM0.54m
1:02PM0.43m
clear
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part cloud
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part cloud
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light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:05
6:06
6:06
 mm
1
3
1
1
12
2
Temp °C
13
13
14
15
15
14
15
15
15
16
15
15
15
13
13
13
12
11
12
12
13
12
12
Feels °C
11
11
11
11
11
10
11
12
12
12
10
11
11
9
10
11
9
9
8
7
8
7
8
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