Nine Mile Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.07° S 18.66° E

Issued: 7 pm 10 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Nine Mile Reef sea temperature is

15.3° 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 (10 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 13s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 12s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 10PM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (10 Jul)	7ft (2.1m)	13s
Evening (10 Jul)	6ft (1.8m)	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 Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Fri 10			Saturday 11								Sunday 12								Mon 13
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	S 12	SSW 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSW 10	SSW 10
Wave Graph
kJ	1175	996	931	834	834	820	794	1022	669	885	857	726	621	599	517	432	418	353	290	237	192	188	77	85
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	S	SSE	ESE	E	ENE	E	ENE	NW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross	cross	cross-off	glassy	glassy	glassy	on
High Tide				11:57PM1.35m				12:50PM1.25m				1:04AM1.43m				1:48PM1.37m					2:02AM1.51m
Low Tide		5:36PM0.46m				6:35AM0.27m				6:51PM0.37m				7:35AM0.18m				7:54PM0.27m					8:28AM0.09m


	—	—	—	—	7:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:48	—	—	—
	5:51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	13	12	12	12	12	14	18	18	15	14	13	13	13	15	18	18	17	16	15	15	14	16	17
Feels °C	11	9	8	9	9	9	11	15	15	12	11	10	10	10	13	16	16	15	14	13	14	12	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	S 12	SSW 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSW 10	SSW 10
kJ	1175	996	931	834	834	820	794	1022	669	885	857	726	621	599	517	432	418	353	290	237	192	188	77	85
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 13	W 13	WSW 12	W 12	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 11	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	SSE 9	SSE 9
kJ	54	80	15	11	14	13	12	12	12	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	62	62
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	W 8	W 8	—	—	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	SW 14	WSW 10	W 9
kJ	—	—	1	1	—	—	87	58	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	35	9	9	8	8	8	9	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 5	SSE 7	SE 6	ESE 5	SE 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 8	ESE 3	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	—	—
kJ	56	72	90	112	108	94	94	119	76	215	94	200	315	381	375	1	246	218	189	171	100	91	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1
Distance (km)	21	21	16	16	16	12	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	12	12	0	0	0	0	10
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1
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