Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 28 Mar 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
17.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Nine Mile today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 10AM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)7ft (2.1m)9s
Afternoon (28 Mar)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (28 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
3
3
4
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1
WSW
1
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)109988131314141413131313139111111101616910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10238166454183462392393083133082992902252221683627386636904655345279551150
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
5
NE
5
W
10
E
15
NE
20
N
15
NNE
10
NE
5
N
10
NNE
10
N
15
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:53AM
2.34
8:36PM
2.31
8:59AM
2.46
9:33PM
2.44
9:52AM
2.60
10:21PM
2.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
0.72
2:14PM
0.56
2:42AM
0.61
3:17PM
0.43
3:38AM
0.46
4:08PM
0.29
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise--7:45-------7:46-------7:47-----
Sunset-----7:34-------7:31-------7:30--
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1211-------4212112111---
Temp. °C171717171818171616161716171716161615151617151413
Feels °C (?)1516171819191816161617171716141515151416161198
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