Piha

Right now

Right now the waves are 3.8 m, with a period of 13 s, from SW, the wind is 13 kn, from SSE, Cross-shore, and the tide is rising, high water at 02:23 AM.

What fits this spot: the swell's direction and the tide. What does not: the wind.

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About this break

BreakBeach break
WaveLeft, Right
BottomSand, Rock
LevelIntermediate, Advanced
BoardsShortboard
Best seasonWinter
Best tideLow, Low to mid, Mid, Mid to high, High
Best swell fromSSWSWWSWWWNWNW
Best wind fromENEE
Offshore wind fromENE

The sea now

No buoy measures the waves within 100 km of this spot.

Auckland Intl

Wind station 30 km away

Wind: 11 kn
Gusts: –
Direction: SCross-shore

Measured 23 min. ago

Next tides

High tide17 Sat 02:23 AM2.6 m
Low tide17 Sat 08:39 AM1 m
High tide17 Sat 02:53 PM2.6 m
Low tide17 Sat 09:14 PM1.1 m
High tide18 Sun 03:13 AM2.4 m
Low tide18 Sun 09:29 AM1.1 m

The week

7 days	Biggest wave	Wind at noon
16 Fri	4 m14 sSW	15 knS
17 Sat	3.7 m13 sSW	12 knS
18 Sun	2.1 m9 sSW	11 knS
19 Mon	1.8 m13 sSW	8 knSSW
20 Tue	2 m10 sSW	5 knSW
21 Wed	2 m14 sSW	9 knSW
22 Thu	2 m14 sSW	9 knSW

Forecast fetched 1 hr. ago.

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Sources

Wind: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (public-domain)
Tides: TICON-4 (cc-by-4.0)
Forecast: Weather data by Open-Meteo.com, CC BY 4.0, Credit asked by Open-Meteo: German Weather Service DWD, Wave forecast from Météo-France, generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information, This service is based on data and products of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Weather forecast from NOAA (cc-by-4.0)This ECMWF data is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. ECMWF does not accept any liability whatsoever for any error or omission in the data, their availability, or for any loss or damage arising from their use.