Nine Mile Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.07° S 18.66° E

Issued: 1 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Nine Mile Reef sea temperature is

14.9° 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 (28 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 15s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 10AM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.7m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	5.5ft (1.7m)	15s
Afternoon (28 Jul)	5.5ft (1.7m)	14s
Evening (28 Jul)	5ft (1.6m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	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
Wave Graph
kJ	1527	1314	1208	1319	1159	1127	971	779	768	659	536	536	634	634	634	553	545	499	427	421	421	414	299	304
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	SW	SSW	S	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	S	S	E	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-on	on	on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	on	on	glassy	cross-off
High Tide		2:33AM1.34m				3:02PM1.37m				3:06AM1.39m				3:33PM1.44m				3:38AM1.43m				4:03PM1.50m
Low Tide				8:53AM0.24m				9:09PM0.32m				9:22AM0.18m				9:40PM0.26m				9:51AM0.13m				10:11PM0.22m


	—	7:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:39	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:02	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	13	12	14	17	16	14	12	12	12	12	14	17	17	16	15	15	14	15	16	18	18	17	17
Feels °C	8	8	7	8	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	12	15	15	14	13	13	12	13	14	16	16	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	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
kJ	1527	1314	1208	1319	1159	1127	971	779	768	659	536	536	634	634	634	553	545	499	427	421	421	414	299	304
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 10	SE 6	SE 6	S 10	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 8	SE 5	—	—	—	SE 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	2	2	23	17	2	19	15	8	22	7	—	—	—	14
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 7	SE 7	SE 5	ESE 8
kJ	382	347	297	258	258	228	200	151	102	99	73	38	145	116	15	97	97	111	130	101	79	77	12	173
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Distance (km)	27	27	16	27	27	26	16	16	12	12	12	0	10	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	10	12	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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