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Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 11 Feb 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
19.2° C
 (Which is 1.4°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 4PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (11 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (11 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
1.3
NNW
0.9
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)118811111111111111111113131313136789889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6160626262616169696969391029995553213481202232224275465
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
WSW
10
W
10
SW
0
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
10
E
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NNE
30
N
15
WNW
20
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on		glassglassoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06PM
1.98
7:41AM
2.03
8:21PM
2.02
8:50AM
2.11
9:23PM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:47PM
0.95
1:20AM
0.98
2:02PM
0.93
2:32AM
0.93
3:08PM
0.83
3:31AM
0.80
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise-------6:50-------6:52-------6:54
Sunset---8:46-------8:45-------8:44----
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------25543----
Temp. °C182020181716161519202019181717171818141415141312
Feels °C (?)181920181917161420202019181616151517111313121110
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