Nine Mile Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.34° S 171.26° E

Nine Mile 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nine Mile sea temperature is
12.5°C
0.0° 

Nine Mile surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Nine Mile today (25 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 13s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 7PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)5ft (1.5m)14s
Afternoon (25 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (25 Sep)5ft (1.6m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 38mm), heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat night, min 8°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Sun morning).

Fri
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
3
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
W
14
1.6
W
13
1
WSW
13
1.7
W
13
1.6
W
13
1.5
W
12
1.4
W
12
1.4
W
12
1.3
W
12
0.8
WSW
12
1.2
W
12
1.3
WNW
7
1.9
WNW
8
1.8
WNW
8
1.8
WNW
9
2.3
WNW
8
3
W
9
3
W
9
3.5
W
10
3
W
10
3
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
849
919
367
1003
835
679
566
566
477
189
411
183
406
459
493
607
1507
1567
2009
1730
1586
Wind (km/h)
5
NNW
15
ENE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
20
NNE
30
WNW
30
WSW
35
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
30
SW
Wind State
glassy
off
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:40AM2.56m
9:54PM2.71m
10:16AM2.70m
10:30PM2.83m
10:52AM2.80m
Low Tide
3:45PM0.32m
4:07AM0.17m
4:21PM0.19m
4:43AM0.06m
4:59PM0.10m
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
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6:18
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6:18
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7:16
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6:34
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6:35
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7:36
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 mm
3
8
1
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1
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4
13
2
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
8
8
9
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
10
11
11
13
10
9
10
9
9
Feels °C
7
4
8
8
7
6
6
6
5
5
5
6
8
9
7
8
3
1
6
6
2
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