Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 30 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
17.4° C
(Which is 1.1°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 5AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (30 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (30 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
4
4
4
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)991111101016169999991010109141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)269256844763677547534435791803803940866830904683593450431346407326257312
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
5
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NNW
15
W
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
WNW
10
NW
0
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:33PM
2.44
9:52AM
2.60
10:21PM
2.56
10:37AM
2.70
11:01PM
2.66
11:17AM
2.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:38AM
0.46
4:08PM
0.29
4:25AM
0.33
4:50PM
0.19
5:07AM
0.23
5:29PM
0.13
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise----7:47-------7:48-------7:48---
Sunset-------7:30-------7:29-------7:27
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1111-11-----------------
Temp. °C171615161617171515141313131414131312121213161514
Feels °C (?)1616151717181611119810111111111199911141313
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