Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 22 Nov 2025 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
15.3° C
(Which is 1.0°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 7AM is: 1.6m 15s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 22). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)5ft (1.5m)15s
Afternoon (22 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (22 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)131415151514141414141313131313131212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7828559571117984944714704704684617599590590604594329318452444199186199199
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
SE
5
E
5
E
0
ENE
5
WNW
10
W
5
W
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffoffglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:26AM
2.54
12:41PM
2.57
1:03AM
2.49
1:18PM
2.52
1:41AM
2.43
1:57PM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:34AM
0.44
6:55PM
0.41
7:11AM
0.49
7:33PM
0.47
7:49AM
0.56
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise---5:58-------5:56-------5:56----
Sunset-------8:43-------8:44-------8:45
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141312121515151514131313141414141212131114141413
Feels °C (?)141311111514151513121212121110119911912111111
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