Nine Mile Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.07° S 18.66° E

Issued: 1 am 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Nine Mile Reef sea temperature is

15.5°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 (29 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 7AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s
Afternoon (29 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s
Evening (29 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Wed afternoon, min 13°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the NNW by Thu morning).
	Tuesday 29								Wednesday 30								Thursday 1
	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)	!	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	!	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 7	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SW 14	SE 9	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	520	224	242	215	198	298	306	201	617	534	211	268	151	144	144	142	138	104	79	74	72	50	49	66
Wind (km/h)	E	ESE	E	ESE	SSE	SE	ESE	E	E	ENE	ENE	SSE	S	NE	ESE	NE	N	N	N	NNW	WNW	NW	N	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	on	glassy	cross	cross-off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide		4:25AM1.53m				4:38PM1.63m					5:02AM1.46m				5:16PM1.53m				5:44AM1.35m				6:01PM1.38m
Low Tide				10:25AM0.10m				10:55PM0.07m					11:03AM0.18m				11:34PM0.18m				11:45AM0.30m


	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:46	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	13	13	21	25	26	22	21	20	20	22	27	29	30	26	27	23	16	17	25	22	19	16	15
Feels °C	10	10	10	19	22	23	19	18	17	16	19	25	26	29	24	25	20	12	12	19	17	17	15	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SW 12	SSW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
kJ	219	47	78	147	142	140	136	134	160	123	75	162	151	144	144	142	138	104	79	74	72	50	49	66
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 14	SW 11	WSW 11	WSW 12	WSW 11	—	SW 16	SW 13	SW 16	SW 14	SSE 8	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 5	SSE 6	SE 10	SE 10	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11
kJ	69	54	46	109	75	24	—	69	106	248	211	46	16	16	19	21	47	35	67	47	34	20	19	19
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SE 10	SSE 10	—	—	—	—	—	SW 16	—	ESE 8	SSE 8	—	—	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 12	SSE 12	—	—	—	—	W 6	W 6
kJ	22	4	72	—	—	—	—	—	67	—	62	13	—	—	16	16	14	14	—	—	—	—	1	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 7	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	NE 4	SE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 6	—	—	NW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	WNW 4	WNW 4	WNW 4	WNW 3
kJ	520	224	242	215	198	298	306	201	617	534	2	268	43	39	89	—	—	5	6	6	19	14	4	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	12	12	12	16	16	16	12	16	12	0	0	0	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	52	206	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	1	1			1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	6	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	9	9	9	8	7	6	6	5

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