Spot guide
Piha is a W-facing beach break in Auckland, New Zealand. It picks up swell from SSW to NW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 47% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the E: light winds or E breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while W onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- W (260°)
- Best swell
- SW to WNW (220°–300°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- NE to SE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–8 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- SSW to NW (205° to 325.5°)
- Offshore wind
- E
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- None yet