Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 07 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
16.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Nine Mile today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 4AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 07). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.3
NNW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.8
WNW
1
W
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.6
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
WSW
1.3
W
Period(s) (?)99991313139988881515141414131212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4323833442831419998108154180176171140179225276293277204446604604478388
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
5
NE
5
NE
10
N
15
N
20
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
W
10
WSW
5
SW
5
S
5
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
5
S
10
W
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossononglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:10AM
2.31
2:36PM
2.19
2:58AM
2.17
3:31PM
2.06
3:59AM
2.07
4:41PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:02PM
0.67
8:28AM
0.70
8:48PM
0.81
9:20AM
0.83
9:45PM
0.92
10:24AM
0.91
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise----6:58-------6:58-------7:00---
Sunset-------6:14-------6:13-------6:10
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
121331111111121---------
Temp. °C151414141415161615151515161616151413121111161513
Feels °C (?)1413131414141414131414141514141513121199151412
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