Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 02 Apr 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
17.3° C
(Which is 1.1°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 3PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
W
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.3
W
1
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)11111213131212121413131312121010131312121211109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1561581371701701117881696058127186224184177133170477289617459410162
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
W
5
W
5
SW
5
SE
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassononglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:53AM
2.79
12:12AM
2.75
12:28PM
2.77
12:46AM
2.73
1:03PM
2.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:45AM
0.17
6:05PM
0.12
6:21AM
0.16
6:39PM
0.17
6:56AM
0.21
7:13PM
0.25
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise--7:50-------7:52-------7:52-----
Sunset-----7:24-------7:23-------7:22--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1152111--
Temp. °C121212151514131212111215161514141314161717171515
Feels °C (?)101011141414121111101113141413131111141516161414
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