Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
17.3° 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 10AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
1
NNW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
1.1
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.5
NNW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
1.2
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)141313131312121281212999141414141313131398
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6465394443502772051521131517977193287329118116115110102999898208270
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
5
E
10
E
10
E
15
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
10
NE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
15
N
15
N
15
NE
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffglassoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:53AM
2.57
1:13PM
2.48
1:30AM
2.45
1:52PM
2.33
2:10AM
2.31
2:36PM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:07AM
0.41
7:23PM
0.52
7:45AM
0.55
8:02PM
0.67
8:28AM
0.70
8:48PM
0.81
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise--6:56-------6:56-------6:58-----
Sunset-----6:17-------6:15-------6:14--
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
------------135411-22222
Temp. °C141415192019161615161717151415151515151416161616
Feels °C (?)101112171817141211131415131213141313131113131415
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