Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 10 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
17.3° C
(Which is 1.5°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 1AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.4
NW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.6
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
0.9
W
Period(s) (?)1111101010109913131212121210101112121111111118
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4574413602451961481037852535076106276157160344380596610599595505492
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossglassoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffoffglasscrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:41PM
1.99
5:13AM
2.04
5:57PM
2.01
6:24AM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54PM
0.97
11:37AM
0.89
12:06AM
0.92
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise------7:01-------7:01-------7:03-
Sunset-6:10-------6:08-------6:07------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------13
Temp. °C151413121111131818161413121315171615151413141515
Feels °C (?)131312119911161615121091013161414141411131414
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