Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 27 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
19.3° C
(Which is 1.9°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: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Afternoon (28 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (28 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
0.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)131212131313141413131313121212121278910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)728705628648700722743636608507424339318258236298123252394442598566410300
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
E
10
ENE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSE
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
0
W
10
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
10
S
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offglassononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
2.33
9:13AM
2.47
9:49PM
2.47
10:10AM
2.64
10:41PM
2.61
10:58AM
2.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:54AM
0.61
3:31PM
0.42
3:55AM
0.45
4:27PM
0.25
4:46AM
0.29
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise------7:11-------7:13-------7:13-
Sunset-8:22-------8:22-------8:20------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------11------
Temp. °C1717161514131517171714131212141616151210871115
Feels °C (?)1515141412111415151613131111141413119743712
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