Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 05 Mar 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
18.5° 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 12PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (05 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (05 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
4
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.6
W
1.9
W
2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
Period(s) (?)151515141414141313131414151215141415151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4844473553502762692502362321372612802842326277138251102158917801959195921462146
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
W
10
WSW
15
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
W
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
0
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
S
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
glassoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:57PM
2.89
1:17AM
2.77
1:33PM
2.80
1:52AM
2.70
2:08PM
2.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:49AM
0.08
7:10PM
0.05
7:25AM
0.13
7:46PM
0.15
8:01AM
0.24
8:20PM
0.30
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise--7:18-------7:18-------7:20-----
Sunset-----8:13-------8:12-------8:09--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111113151515141212131517171715141414151718171616
Feels °C (?)101013141313131111111416161715131313151818181717
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