Nine Mile Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.34° S 171.26° E

Nine Mile 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Nine Mile sea temperature is
13.8° C
1.1° 

Nine Mile surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Nine Mile today (12 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 2AM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)4ft (1.2m)15s
Afternoon (12 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (12 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Mon night. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue morning, min 7°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the NNE by Mon afternoon).

Sat
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
4
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
WSW
16
1.4
WSW
16
1.3
WSW
16
1.3
WSW
16
1.3
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
15
1.2
WSW
15
1.2
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
15
1.1
W
15
1
W
15
1
W
15
0.9
WSW
14
0.8
WSW
14
0.7
WSW
14
0.6
WSW
14
1.2
NW
7
2.5
NW
8
2.5
NW
10
2.3
NW
9
2.1
NW
9
2
NW
9
1.4
WNW
9
1.6
WNW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
929
929
893
882
871
711
675
666
558
530
435
435
341
269
207
154
135
941
1238
831
715
598
300
433
Wind (km/h)
0
NNE
5
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
30
NNE
5
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
Wind State
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:53PM2.53m
8:28AM2.58m
8:55PM2.67m
9:28AM2.70m
9:52PM2.82m
10:24AM2.80m
Low Tide
1:36PM0.47m
2:09AM0.36m
2:39PM0.37m
3:11AM0.21m
3:38PM0.25m
4:09AM0.07m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
8:00
8:00
8:00
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:17
5:19
5:20
5:21
 mm
1
8
9
2
3
3
2
1
Temp °C
10
8
7
7
7
7
7
10
11
11
10
9
8
8
9
11
12
11
12
12
12
12
12
13
Feels °C
9
6
4
4
4
4
4
8
9
9
7
6
5
5
5
6
7
5
11
11
10
10
9
10
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