Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 22 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
16.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Nine Mile today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 9AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 22). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (22 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (22 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.8
WSW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)161514131313121219181817161616151414141313131318
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48717092905750507261103153132337177155273269207178173129131162
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
0
SW
5
W
5
S
5
E
5
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglassonglassglassoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:55AM
2.71
2:30PM
2.55
2:55AM
2.56
3:36PM
2.38
4:04AM
2.42
4:50PM
2.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:15AM
0.25
8:41PM
0.45
9:18AM
0.41
9:46PM
0.60
10:29AM
0.53
10:59PM
0.67
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise--7:13-------7:13-------7:15-----
Sunset----5:52-------5:51-------5:49---
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C78913141287778121211101099101212111010
Feels °C (?)2359108433341099876681010988
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