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Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 09 Jan 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
18.5° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 10AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (09 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (09 Jan)5ft (1.5m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
2
1
2
3
3
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
W
0.8
WSW
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.2
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)1213131377881215151514141499981011111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12127333022217323026328941830866655142934627636642654977115942910441641903683
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
10
NNE
15
N
25
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
25
N
30
N
35
N
40
N
40
N
35
NNW
30
NW
30
W
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crossononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:46AM
2.46
4:06PM
2.49
4:34AM
2.33
4:55PM
2.32
5:25AM
2.21
5:49PM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:54AM
0.45
10:23PM
0.47
10:43AM
0.60
11:12PM
0.62
11:36AM
0.73
12:06AM
0.75
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise-6:07-------6:09-------6:09------
Sunset-----9:14-------9:13-------9:13--
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1122--------11111236614223
Temp. °C161617181818161414141618181818181818181818181615
Feels °C (?)15141618181814121313141517171715151413131315129
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