Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 01 Apr 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
17.6° C
(Which is 1.3°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 4AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.5m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
1.7
W
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)10914141414131313131111121313121212141313131211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6025164133313263222572534443671561581371701701117881696058129147217
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
E
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
W
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscross-
on
glassoffoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:01PM
2.66
11:17AM
2.77
11:38PM
2.72
11:53AM
2.79
12:12AM
2.75
12:28PM
2.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:07AM
0.23
5:29PM
0.13
5:45AM
0.17
6:05PM
0.12
6:21AM
0.16
6:39PM
0.17
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise----7:48-------7:50-------7:52---
Sunset-------7:27-------7:24-------7:23
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131212121316161514131212131515141313121213151615
Feels °C (?)121010101114141414121110121313131212111113141514
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