Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 02 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
18.5° C
(Which is 1.1°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 1PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (02 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (02 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
W
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
1
W
1.2
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.3
WSW
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
Period(s) (?)1212121212111199111111121212111112121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1961831791791792422721351409395242396546617586415710760755577507442403
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
ENE
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
5
ENE
10
E
15
ENE
25
E
15
ENE
25
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
S
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffcrosscross-
on
crosscrossglassoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassononcross-
on
glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:59AM
2.93
12:26AM
2.82
12:43PM
2.97
1:08AM
2.82
1:25PM
2.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47AM
0.15
6:15PM
-0.01
6:32AM
0.08
6:59PM
-0.03
7:14AM
0.07
7:40PM
0.02
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
Sunrise-6:37-------6:39-------6:41------
Sunset-----8:57-------8:55-------8:54--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------11412121----------
Temp. °C121116171818161515151515141412121010151716161413
Feels °C (?)1191515161716141311131011118877131414141312
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