Piha-The Ditch Surf Forecast

/ Auckland (22 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (36.95° S 174.47° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Piha-The Ditch surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 NZDT

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

Today's Piha-The Ditch sea temperature is 16.3° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Piha-The Ditch today?

The current surf forecast for Piha-The Ditch at 8AM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 1.8m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	13s
Afternoon (15 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	12s
Evening (15 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	12s

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

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	Wednesday 15							Thursday 16								Friday 17								Sat 18
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	4	5	!	!	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	22	22	21	11	20	20	12	13	13	18	18	17	17
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	812	711	578	598	793	833	843	1069	838	807	871	739	1133	952	943	1195	1342	1655	2008	2275	2928	6996	6758	6403
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	W	W	WSW	WNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:00AM 2.14				5:42PM 2.31				6:25AM 2.16				6:56PM 2.37					7:31AM 2.27				7:53PM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)				11:15AM 0.73				12:07AM 0.70				12:31PM 0.70					1:14AM 0.61				1:33PM 0.60

	Wednesday 15							Thursday 16								Friday 17								Sat 18
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12
Feels °C (?)	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	11	11	11	11	10	8	9	9	11	10	10	12	11	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Auckland

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Piha-The Ditch (moderate winds from the SW at Auckland 24 km from Piha-The Ditch). 2.1m 8s swell from the SW with a 1.3m 13s groundswell from the WSW and a 0.9m 9s swell from the WNW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 1 minute ago Piha-The Ditch

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24 km away, 2 h 1 min ago

21 km/h

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16.3

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