Nine Mile Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.07° S 18.66° E

Nine Mile Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 13 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Nine Mile Reef sea temperature is
15.0° C
0.5° 

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 (13 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 5AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 13). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (13 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (13 Jul)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 13°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
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)
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
3
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
S
10
1
S
10
1
S
10
0.8
SSW
10
0.7
SSW
10
0.7
SSW
9
0.6
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.4
SW
16
0.5
S
9
0.4
SSE
9
0.3
SW
12
0.4
SW
18
0.4
SW
18
0.6
SW
17
0.9
SW
17
1.3
SW
16
1.9
SW
16
2.1
SW
15
2.1
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
237
194
194
111
85
78
60
61
46
45
42
42
63
40
25
24
79
78
232
482
813
1738
1776
1704
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NW
5
WSW
5
SW
0
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
WSW
10
S
5
ESE
5
SE
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
2:02AM1.51m
2:40PM1.48m
2:54AM1.56m
3:27PM1.57m
3:42AM1.58m
4:12PM1.63m
Low Tide
8:28AM0.09m
8:48PM0.17m
9:15AM0.03m
9:38PM0.11m
9:59AM0.00m
10:25PM0.08m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:48
7:48
7:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:52
5:52
5:52
 mm
Temp °C
15
15
14
16
18
17
16
15
14
14
13
15
17
16
15
14
14
13
13
15
17
17
15
15
Feels °C
13
14
13
15
17
16
15
14
12
12
11
13
15
14
13
12
12
10
11
14
16
16
15
15
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Nine Mile Reef surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest