Nine Mile Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.07° S 18.66° E

Nine Mile Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nine Mile Reef sea temperature is
14.4°C
1.2° 

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 (04 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 7PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (04 Sep)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (04 Sep)8ft (2.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sun afternoon, min 10°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SE on Fri afternoon, calm by Sun night).

Fri
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
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
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
SSE
9
2.4
SSE
9
3
SSE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.2
SE
8
2.1
SE
7
1.9
SE
7
1.8
SE
7
1.9
SE
7
1.6
SE
7
1.9
SE
7
2.1
SE
7
0.9
SSW
22
1.3
SSW
21
1.6
SW
20
1.7
SSW
19
1.7
SSW
18
1.6
SSW
17
1.4
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
870
867
969
815
573
444
341
316
341
247
344
420
860
1498
1902
2121
1880
1439
969
832
674
Wind (km/h)
35
ESE
45
SE
45
SE
35
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
E
20
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
15
E
10
E
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
8:29PM1.16m
9:45AM1.04m
10:28PM1.13m
11:38AM1.12m
Low Tide
1:54PM0.54m
3:13AM0.52m
3:57PM0.60m
5:15AM0.49m
5:55PM0.51m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:58
6:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:28
6:29
6:30
 mm
Temp °C
16
18
17
14
13
11
11
10
16
20
20
16
14
14
13
13
19
25
25
22
21
Feels °C
9
8
8
7
8
6
6
5
10
15
14
11
9
10
10
10
17
24
23
20
19
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