Nine Mile Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.07° S 18.66° E

Issued: 7 am 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Nine Mile Reef sea temperature is

15.0° C

Nine Mile Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Nine Mile Reef today (11 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 12s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 12s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 12PM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Jul)	6ft (1.9m)	12s
Afternoon (11 Jul)	6ft (1.8m)	12s
Evening (11 Jul)	5ft (1.5m)	12s

Table - waves today at Nine Mile Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Saturday 11							Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue 14
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	SSW 12	S 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 9	S 9	S 9	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	1198	1100	1056	918	902	579	955	383	370	606	517	434	418	353	290	237	192	188	86	85	78	60	63	64
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	SSE	SSE	ESE	E	E	ENE	E	WNW	SSW	S	SSE	NNW	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	glassy	glassy	glassy	on	on	glassy	glassy	off
High Tide				12:50PM1.25m				1:04AM1.43m				1:48PM1.37m					2:02AM1.51m				2:40PM1.48m
Low Tide		6:35AM0.27m				6:51PM0.37m				7:35AM0.18m				7:54PM0.27m					8:28AM0.09m				8:48PM0.17m


	7:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:48
	—	—	—	—	5:51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	5:52
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	12	14	18	18	15	13	13	13	13	15	18	18	17	16	15	14	14	16	17	17	16	16	15
Feels °C	9	9	11	15	15	12	10	10	10	11	13	16	17	15	14	13	12	13	15	15	16	16	16	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	SSW 12	S 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 9	S 9	S 9	S 9
kJ	1198	1100	1056	918	902	579	955	383	370	606	517	434	418	353	290	237	192	188	86	85	78	60	63	64
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 10	W 10	WSW 10	W 10	WSW 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9
kJ	14	13	12	12	12	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	10	8	9	62	62	60	49	49	34
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	W 11	W 11	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SSW 14	WSW 10	W 9	W 9	SW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12
kJ	—	—	87	84	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	35	9	9	8	8	21	9	7	6	27	13	28
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	SE 6	SSE 7	SE 7	SSE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	124	54	69	47	178	172	341	164	156	459	365	309	293	247	184	152	89	91	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	12	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	12	12	12	0	0	0	19	22	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2
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