Nine Mile Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.07° S 18.66° E

Nine Mile Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 27 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Nine Mile Reef sea temperature is
14.9°C
0.7° 

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


How big are the waves at Nine Mile Reef today (27 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 4AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (27 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (27 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
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
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
S
12
1.4
S
12
1.4
S
12
1.3
S
11
1.4
S
11
1.3
S
11
1.3
S
11
1.3
S
11
1.2
S
11
1.1
S
11
1.1
S
11
1
S
11
1
S
11
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
13
0.6
SW
13
0.7
S
12
0.8
SW
13
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
14
0.8
SW
14
0.8
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
464
528
519
433
510
433
418
418
344
287
282
229
224
155
164
162
136
138
138
215
171
164
224
215
Wind (km/h)
0
SSE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
SW
0
E
5
W
5
SW
0
SSW
5
NNW
0
W
5
SW
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
5
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
2:44AM1.43m
3:05PM1.53m
3:14AM1.49m
3:33PM1.60m
3:44AM1.52m
4:01PM1.65m
Low Tide
8:55AM0.14m
9:15PM0.17m
9:22AM0.09m
9:44PM0.11m
9:49AM0.06m
10:14PM0.08m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:11
7:09
7:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:22
6:23
6:23
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
21
21
21
23
24
20
16
16
15
15
14
19
21
16
15
15
14
14
14
16
16
15
13
14
Feels °C
19
18
18
20
22
18
16
15
15
15
13
18
20
15
13
13
13
13
13
15
14
12
9
10
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