Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 17 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
16.8° C
(Which is 1.3°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 9AM is: 2.4m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)8ft (2.4m)12s
Afternoon (17 Apr)7ft (2.1m)13s
Evening (17 Apr)8ft (2.5m)8s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
1
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.1
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)121212121313899109991212131416151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2291200817121462144215147591838216418471436119474923142414248317354244458844074140347134362499
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
NE
5
NNW
20
N
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNW
10
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:23AM
2.94
10:47PM
2.92
11:07AM
3.00
11:29PM
2.96
11:53AM
2.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:12AM
0.07
4:36PM
-0.03
4:56AM
-0.03
5:20PM
-0.05
5:41AM
-0.06
6:04PM
0.00
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise--7:07-------7:09-------7:09-----
Sunset-----6:00------5:58-------5:57---
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mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
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part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-112413894222223431--1--
Temp. °C111113141515151616151414141312121212121516141110
Feels °C (?)10101211111091112131211121110109101013131397
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