Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 18 Feb 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
19.0° 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 2AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (19 Feb)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (19 Feb)7ft (2.2m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
1.5
WNW
2.2
W
2
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.7
W
2.2
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.1
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
Period(s) (?)1818181616161616156887778899913121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16917824021420128819318812817057947827222528254982297710217582201179017641728
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
0
N
10
WNW
5
NW
15
N
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NW
20
WSW
20
WSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glassglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:43AM
2.76
12:58PM
2.90
1:20AM
2.80
1:36PM
2.90
1:58AM
2.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:49AM
0.12
7:12PM
0.02
7:26AM
0.09
7:50PM
0.03
8:06AM
0.12
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise------7:00-------7:01-------7:03-
Sunset-8:37-------8:35-------8:34------
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----1112-11114241-------
Temp. °C181716151516161516171615151516161616141414131415
Feels °C (?)17161615141614131417141213131310101091111111313
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