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Nine Mile Surf Forecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 11 May 2021 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 15.2 °C (Statistics for 11 May 1981-2005 - mean: 14.6 max: 16.3 min: 12.3 °C)
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)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 15.2 °C (Statistics for 11 May 1981-2005 - mean: 14.6 max: 16.3 min: 12.3 °C)
Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast South Island
Wind reports 47 km away suggest it is still onshore at Nine Mile (light winds from the W at HokitikaAero(aut)).
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47 km away, 1 h 17 min ago
11 km/h
W
15.3
15.2
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How big are the waves at Nine Mile today?
The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 10PM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm May 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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| Morning (11 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (11 May) | 4ft (1.2m) | 15s |
| Evening (11 May) | 5ft (1.6m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Nine Mile. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy |
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Tuesday 11 | Wednesday 12 | Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | Tuesday 18 | Wed 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM |
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WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | W | WSW | WSW | W | W | W | W | W | WSW | W | WSW | WSW | WSW | W | W | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | W | WSW | WSW | NNW | NNW | NW | NW | W | W | W | WSW | W | WSW | NNW | NNW | NW | WSW | W | W | WSW | W | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| 702 | 845 | 980 | 966 | 899 | 722 | 1269 | 556 | 972 | 814 | 279 | 196 | 418 | 347 | 398 | 411 | 392 | 299 | 294 | 236 | 186 | 183 | 140 | 102 | 100 | 66 | 98 | 101 | 376 | 1102 | 1552 | 853 | 744 | 559 | 396 | 378 | 414 | 659 | 674 | 787 | 1731 | 2429 | 1862 | 2239 | 731 | 586 | 1000 | 977 | 1282 | 2470 | 2829 | 3803 | 4639 | 4171 | 3877 | 3945 | 4016 | 3395 | 4238 | 4870 |
N | W | NNW | SW | SW | SSW | ESE | ESE | E | ESE | ESE | E | E | E | E | SSE | SW | SSW | E | E | ESE | E | E | NE | ENE | ENE | E | ENE | NNE | W | WSW | WSW | WSW | SW | WSW | N | NNE | NE | NNE | N | NNE | N | NE | WNW | SSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | NE | NNE | N | WNW | WNW | W | W | SW | SW | SW | SW |
| cross | on | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | glass | glass | glass | off | off | off | off | off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross | glass | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
10:48PM 2.62 | 11:05AM 2.61 | 11:22PM 2.62 | 11:40AM 2.58 | 11:56PM 2.59 | 12:16PM 2.52 | 12:32AM 2.53 | 12:54PM 2.44 | 1:11AM 2.45 | 1:34PM 2.35 | 1:52AM 2.36 | 2:19PM 2.27 | 2:39AM 2.29 | 3:11PM 2.20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4:56AM 0.32 | 5:13PM 0.33 | 5:31AM 0.33 | 5:47PM 0.37 | 6:07AM 0.37 | 6:23PM 0.44 | 6:44AM 0.43 | 7:01PM 0.52 | 7:24AM 0.52 | 7:41PM 0.61 | 8:07AM 0.60 | 8:27PM 0.69 | 8:57AM 0.66 | 9:20PM 0.75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: the tide data above is calculated at the surf break location.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 11 | Wednesday 12 | Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | Tuesday 18 | Wed 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM |
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| risk thund- der | mod. rain | light rain | rain shwrs | cloudy | light rain | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | mod. rain | mod. rain | light rain | light rain | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | heavy rain | mod. rain | light rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | mod. rain | cloudy | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | light rain | mod. rain | risk thund- der | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | cloudy | cloudy | light rain |
| 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 7 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 16 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:41 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:21 | - | - | - |
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