Nine Mile Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.34° S 171.26° E

Nine Mile 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Nine Mile sea temperature is
12.8°C
0.6° 

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 (01 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 10PM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 2.2m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)--
Afternoon (01 Sep)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (01 Sep)5ft (1.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 50mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed night, min 7°C on Tue afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, strong winds from the NNW by Thu night).

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
1
1
3
3
3
4
3
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
W
11
2.5
W
9
1.5
W
14
2.4
W
14
2.2
W
14
1.3
WSW
14
2
W
14
1.9
W
14
1.9
W
14
1.1
WSW
14
1
WSW
14
2
W
8
2.1
W
8
2.2
W
9
2
WNW
8
1.7
WNW
8
1.5
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1931
1075
836
2091
1744
636
1465
1383
1427
529
443
484
603
725
511
363
874
862
1091
Wind (km/h)
5
SSE
15
SW
20
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
ENE
10
N
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
15
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
1:32AM2.70m
1:55PM2.60m
2:18AM2.57m
2:44PM2.48m
Low Tide
7:22PM0.24m
7:46AM0.27m
8:07PM0.34m
8:34AM0.42m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:58
6:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:08
6:09
6:10
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
3
4
2
3
2
2
3
2
1
Temp °C
7
8
9
8
9
9
10
11
12
13
13
13
14
13
13
14
14
13
12
Feels °C
5
4
5
6
7
7
9
8
7
8
9
9
12
12
12
12
12
11
9
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