Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 08 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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
17.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nine Mile today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 12AM is: 1.8m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)--
Afternoon (09 Mar)6ft (1.9m)15s
Evening (09 Mar)6ft (1.8m)15s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.7
WSW
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.7
WSW
2
W
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)151515151515151515151414141414141413131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)158914501430126312921263112312921739744734734622514425665547531437361294285198147
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ENE
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
glassglassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:02AM
2.44
3:23PM
2.34
3:42AM
2.28
4:07PM
2.17
4:31AM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:56PM
0.47
9:16AM
0.55
9:35PM
0.65
9:59AM
0.72
10:21PM
0.82
10:52AM
0.87
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise------7:22-------7:24-------7:24-
Sunset-8:07-------8:07-------8:05------
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2----111----------------
Temp. °C171715141515151515151313121313161716151413121518
Feels °C (?)1718161415151615141391091011141514141312101416
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