Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 04 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Nine Mile surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Nine Mile sea temperature is
18.5° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nine Mile today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 10AM is: 1.0m 18s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)18s
Afternoon (04 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)17s
Evening (04 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.9
WSW
1
W
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
W
1
W
1.1
W
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)191818181716161615151514141414131313141415121214
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)369534639632569643522509484447355350276273250236232137265280157280333280
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
5
E
5
NE
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
S
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:20PM
2.92
12:42AM
2.81
12:57PM
2.89
1:17AM
2.77
1:33PM
2.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:10AM
0.09
6:34PM
0.01
6:49AM
0.08
7:10PM
0.05
7:25AM
0.13
7:46PM
0.15
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise--7:16-------7:18-------7:18-----
Sunset-----8:15-------8:13-------8:12--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101013151615131211101315151513121212141717171516
Feels °C (?)781213141412111081314131312111111131616171515
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