Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 28 Feb 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
19.3° C
(Which is 1.9°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 3AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 28). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (01 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (01 Mar)6ft (1.9m)8s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
2
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
W
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)13131313121212127889101010101011111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6085074243393182582362321613004604956805664103002652291562066666121119
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
W
0
S
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
10
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
S
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
5
ESE
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglassglassoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:49PM
2.47
10:10AM
2.64
10:41PM
2.61
10:58AM
2.78
11:25PM
2.72
11:41AM
2.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:55AM
0.45
4:27PM
0.25
4:46AM
0.29
5:14PM
0.12
5:30AM
0.16
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise------7:13-------7:13-------7:16-
Sunset-8:22-------8:20-------8:17------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------11--------------
Temp. °C17171413121213151515121087111515141210881215
Feels °C (?)1516141311111314121095437121099644912
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