Nine Mile Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.34° S 171.26° E

Nine Mile 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Nine Mile sea temperature is
12.7°C
0.1° 

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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 1PM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Afternoon (06 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Evening (06 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 8°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
4
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
WSW
16
1
WSW
16
1
WSW
16
1
WSW
16
1
W
16
1
W
16
0.9
WSW
16
1
WSW
15
0.7
WSW
18
0.7
WSW
18
0.9
WSW
17
0.9
WSW
16
0.9
WSW
16
0.9
WSW
16
0.9
WSW
16
1
WSW
16
1.1
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
15
1.3
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.3
W
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
686
527
534
540
516
509
429
507
322
318
516
457
421
416
441
534
636
693
754
845
734
845
1004
Wind (km/h)
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
W
0
ENE
5
ENE
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
off
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
7:59AM2.32m
8:24PM2.48m
9:01AM2.45m
9:21PM2.62m
9:51AM2.59m
Low Tide
1:37AM0.53m
2:06PM0.59m
2:43AM0.40m
3:06PM0.44m
3:37AM0.26m
3:56PM0.29m
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Temp °C
8
8
9
11
12
11
10
9
8
8
11
13
13
13
12
12
12
13
14
16
15
15
14
Feels °C
6
6
7
9
10
9
9
7
5
5
9
11
12
12
10
10
10
10
12
14
12
13
12
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