Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 09 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
17.1° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nine Mile today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 8AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.6
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.4
NW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)8881515141414131212121111101010109913131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1711671631792252762732542016076256044574413602451961481037851535076
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
NW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
S
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
E
0
W
5
SW
0
E
10
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassonononcross-
on
crossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onglassglassoffoffoffglassglassglassglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:58AM
2.17
3:31PM
2.06
3:59AM
2.07
4:41PM
1.99
5:13AM
2.04
5:57PM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:20AM
0.83
9:45PM
0.92
10:24AM
0.91
10:54PM
0.97
11:37AM
0.89
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise--6:58-------7:00-------7:01-----
Sunset-----6:13-------6:10-------6:08--
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
411111------------------
Temp. °C171616161615141313131316161313121111131717161514
Feels °C (?)1716151414141312121212151413131199111615151311
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