Nine Mile Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.07° S 18.66° E

Issued: 1 am 29 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Nine Mile Reef sea temperature is

15.0° 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 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 9AM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s
Afternoon (29 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s
Evening (29 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s

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 12°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 31
	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	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SE 8	SW 12	ESE 9	SW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	680	659	536	536	553	634	634	553	545	427	421	357	357	357	299	304	249	238	184	179	151	116	207	106
Wind (km/h)	ESE	E	E	E	SW	SSW	S	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	SE	S	SSE	E	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ESE	S	S	ENE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	on	on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	glassy	on	glassy	glassy	cross-off
High Tide		3:06AM1.39m				3:33PM1.44m				3:38AM1.43m				4:03PM1.50m				4:09AM1.45m				4:33PM1.54m
Low Tide				9:22AM0.18m				9:40PM0.26m				9:51AM0.13m				10:11PM0.22m				10:19AM0.12m				10:42PM0.20m


	—	7:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:39	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:04	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	12	12	15	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	15	18	18	17	16	16	17	17	19	21	20	20	19
Feels °C	9	9	10	14	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	17	18	18	18	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
kJ	680	659	536	536	553	634	634	553	545	427	421	357	357	357	299	304	249	238	184	175	144	116	112	106
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 11	S 11	SE 7	SE 6	SE 6	S 10	S 10	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 5	—	—	—	SE 5	SE 5	SE 6	SE 8	SE 8	SE 6	SW 18	SE 5	SE 5
kJ	3	2	2	43	26	17	2	2	15	15	11	7	—	—	—	23	14	16	24	24	9	12	14	7
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W 19	SW 18	—	WSW 17	SW 16
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	12	—	27	40
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	SE 5	SE 5	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 5	ESE 9	—
kJ	113	99	63	197	145	109	14	18	126	160	138	72	11	24	27	100	118	150	175	179	151	14	207	—
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	12	12	12	12	10	10	16	10	0	0	0	0	16	12	12	0	0	12	0	0	16	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	7	6	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	5	5	6

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