Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 06 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
16.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nine Mile today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 5PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (06 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
3
3
2
3
3
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.9
WSW
1.1
W
1.2
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.9
W
2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
Period(s) (?)141415151515151515151515151515151515151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2582802845305303555226571049165418041985198519851959195917571757158916111589141113921392
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSE
0
E
5
NNE
5
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
0
WSW
0
NNE
5
NE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassonglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassononononglassglassglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:33PM
2.80
1:52AM
2.70
2:08PM
2.67
2:26AM
2.58
2:44PM
2.52
3:02AM
2.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:25AM
0.13
7:46PM
0.15
8:01AM
0.24
8:20PM
0.30
8:38AM
0.38
8:56PM
0.47
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise--------7:20-------7:22-------
Sunset---8:12-------8:09-------8:07----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------111111----
Temp. °C141717171514141316181817161616171717171716151515
Feels °C (?)131616171513131216171817171717191817171717161515
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