Nine Mile Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.34° S 171.26° E

Nine Mile 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nine Mile sea temperature is
12.3°C
0.3° 

Nine Mile surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Nine Mile today (03 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 5PM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (03 Oct)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (03 Oct)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat afternoon, min 7°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
3
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
W
10
1.6
W
10
1.5
W
9
0.9
WSW
14
1
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
1
WSW
13
1
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
13
1
WSW
13
1
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
512
482
382
366
449
752
731
780
661
661
646
547
531
451
444
437
361
361
298
378
407
Wind (km/h)
5
SSE
10
S
10
S
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
SE
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
S
5
SE
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSE
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
S
Wind State
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
4:35PM2.39m
5:21AM2.27m
5:54PM2.32m
6:44AM2.24m
7:15PM2.36m
Low Tide
10:20AM0.60m
11:00PM0.56m
11:34AM0.70m
00:20AM0.60m
12:53PM0.69m
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:03
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7:43
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Temp °C
11
11
13
12
10
9
8
9
9
11
12
11
10
8
8
7
9
11
11
11
9
Feels °C
11
9
10
9
7
6
5
6
7
9
10
8
8
6
6
5
8
8
8
9
7
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