Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
17.3° C
(Which is 1.3°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 6PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WSW
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
1
NNW
0.5
WSW
1
NNW
1.1
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.6
NNW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
1.7
NNW
0.6
WSW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
0.8
WNW
1.4
NW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
NW
Period(s) (?)131313121212812899914141410139999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44435027720515211315179154193287374118116115586141295243110281268238262
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
5
ENE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
N
5
NNW
10
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
2.48
1:30AM
2.45
1:52PM
2.33
2:10AM
2.31
2:36PM
2.19
2:58AM
2.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:07AM
0.41
7:23PM
0.52
7:45AM
0.55
8:02PM
0.67
8:28AM
0.70
8:48PM
0.81
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise6:56-------6:56-------6:58-------
Sunset---6:17-------6:15-------6:14----
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------147562--111221
Temp. °C151821191616151616191514141414161615161616171615
Feels °C (?)121620181312111313171312131314161512131314151615
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