Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 17 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
16.6° 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 11PM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)--
Afternoon (17 Apr)7ft (2.1m)13s
Evening (17 Apr)8ft (2.4m)8s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
3
4
5
5
5
4
4
3
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.4
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
1.9
W
2
W
1.6
WSW
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.2
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
1.9
W
1.5
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)13138999111013121213121515151414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14391491620160418751171850824799220024122490134731783459351534672964247120661294760282218
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
30
NNW
35
NW
35
NNW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
5
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:47PM
2.92
11:07AM
3.00
11:29PM
2.96
11:53AM
2.98
12:14AM
2.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:56AM
-0.03
5:20PM
-0.05
5:41AM
-0.06
6:04PM
0.00
6:28AM
-0.02
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise------7:09-------7:09-------7:11-
Sunset-6:00------5:58-------5:57-------
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
24975632234214911-------
Temp. °C151615151615141514131211111113141513111010111116
Feels °C (?)1212101012121213121110988101112118656511
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