
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Nine Mile today (12 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with NW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with NW swell.
The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 12AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (12 Oct) | 5ft (1.6m) | 8s |
| Evening (12 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Nine Mile. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Wed morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Mon morning, min 11°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 11 | Monday 12 | Tuesday 13 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | |||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | WSW 18 | WSW 18 | WSW 18 | WSW 17 | WSW 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 14 | W 15 | W 15 | W 15 | W 16 | WSW 16 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
338 | 311 | 262 | 216 | 165 | 141 | 109 | 106 | 106 | 297 | 778 | 1160 | 1422 | 965 | 1450 | 1368 | 1200 | 1102 | 978 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | glassy | glassy | off | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | off | off | off | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 00:08AM2.82m | 12:26PM2.78m | 00:44AM2.75m | 1:01PM2.71m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:19AM0.13m | 6:37PM0.16m | 6:54AM0.22m | 7:14PM0.25m | |||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | 7:51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:52 | — | |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Feels °C | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 7 | NW 7 | NW 7 | NW 7 | WSW 16 | W 16 | W 16 | W 14 | W 15 | W 15 | W 15 | W 16 | WSW 16 |
338 | 311 | 262 | 216 | 165 | 117 | 91 | 75 | 49 | 47 | 778 | 1160 | 1422 | 965 | 1450 | 1368 | 1200 | 1102 | 978 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | W 13 | W 13 | W 13 | WSW 17 | NW 7 | NW 7 | NW 8 | W 18 | NW 9 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 |
280 | 213 | 213 | 156 | 145 | 141 | 89 | 87 | 86 | 297 | 55 | 73 | 102 | 668 | 109 | 86 | 82 | 66 | 77 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | W 19 | N 7 | N 7 | WSW 18 | WSW 18 | WSW 18 | W 13 | — | — | W 9 | NW 9 | — | — | N 6 | — | — |
— | — | — | 30 | 14 | 14 | 109 | 106 | 106 | 86 | — | — | 14 | 109 | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 5 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 157 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 116 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
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