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Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 31 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
18.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Nine Mile today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 1AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (01 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (01 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
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
0.7
WSW
0.8
W
0.9
W
2.1
NNW
3
WNW
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)1111111111111111111111121212121212111178121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3203143082542592142142142172172212371961831791401401601953621040443735223298
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SE
10
SE
5
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
NE
25
NE
55
WNW
45
WNW
40
NW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassoffcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:52PM
2.67
11:12AM
2.83
11:41PM
2.77
11:59AM
2.93
12:26AM
2.82
12:43PM
2.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:59AM
0.26
5:28PM
0.08
5:47AM
0.15
6:15PM
-0.01
6:32AM
0.08
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-----6:37-------6:37-------6:39--
Sunset-8:59-------8:58-------8:57------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------67427
Temp. °C151513111010141616161412111115171818171714131316
Feels °C (?)121211988131314151311101014141516151544514
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