Nine Mile Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.07° S 18.66° E

Issued: 1 pm 30 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Nine Mile Reef sea temperature is

17.2°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 (30 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 8PM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 30). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	12s
Afternoon (30 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	12s
Evening (30 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Fri afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Fri 30					Saturday 31								Sunday 1
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	WSW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	282	277	195	268	303	239	192	185	202	191	128	290	437	518	716	706	543	473	473	451	379
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	S	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				5:59PM1.35m				6:40AM1.28m				7:04PM1.20m				7:58AM1.20m					8:35PM1.10m
Low Tide		11:47AM0.31m				00:19AM0.30m				12:52PM0.43m				1:27AM0.42m					2:24PM0.52m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	23	21	20	18	18	17	17	18	20	19	17	16	16	15	16	16	18	19	18	17	16
Feels °C	20	16	16	15	17	16	16	17	17	16	14	13	13	12	13	13	14	13	12	13	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	WSW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12
kJ	282	277	195	268	303	239	192	185	202	191	128	290	437	518	716	706	543	473	473	451	379
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 15	SW 15	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SE 10	SE 9	SSW 10	SW 10	E 9	E 10	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	ESE 9	SE 9	SE 13
kJ	57	76	93	60	87	48	47	39	23	3	39	25	2	2	72	72	71	71	8	3	7
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 15	ESE 9	SE 9	ESE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	—	SE 9	SSW 14	SSW 10	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 9	—	—	SE 13
kJ	226	34	3	37	25	38	37	24	—	21	81	38	17	18	9	9	9	8	—	—	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	S 4	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	SSE 5	SSE 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 4	SSE 4
kJ	28	43	26	19	18	13	15	11	19	34	50	58	67	52	43	35	26	45	45	39	32
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Cape St Martin West Coast	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Pringle Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg
Rating (10 max)	3	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	1	4	2
Distance (km)	165	318	318	34	34	16	16	16	83	318	318	298	256	32	32	29	34	256	318	56	22
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town						Captains	Captains	The Hoek						Long Beach	Long Beach	The Hoek
Rating (10 max)						3	3	3						3	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Heaven West Coast	Santos Reef Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Kei Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Long Beach Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Outer Pool Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Header Global	Lebu Chile	Mangamaunu New Zealand	Nine Mile New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Afife Portugal	St Vincent Left New Caledonia	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Afife Portugal	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Afife Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico	Malaking Gasang (Baler) Philippines	Trial Harbour Australia
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	8	7	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5

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