Nine Mile Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.34° S 171.26° E

Nine Mile 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 25 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Nine Mile sea temperature is
12.5° C
0.2° 

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 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Jul, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 15s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Jul, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 15s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 11AM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jul)10ft (3.0m)16s
Afternoon (25 Jul)13ft (4.0m)15s
Evening (25 Jul)11ft (3.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 10°C on Mon afternoon, min 5°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
3 AM
6 AM
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
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
5
4
5
7
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
1
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
W
16
2.5
W
17
3
W
16
4
W
15
4
W
15
3.5
W
15
3.5
W
15
3
W
15
2.5
W
14
2.4
W
14
1.7
WSW
14
2
W
14
1.5
W
14
1.7
W
13
1.7
W
13
1.5
W
13
1.8
W
12
1.8
W
12
1.8
W
12
1.7
W
12
1.6
W
12
1.5
W
12
1.4
W
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2568
3551
5006
7440
6779
5642
4681
3766
2968
2314
1206
1563
849
1006
987
787
996
946
915
802
699
594
491
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
5
SSE
15
SSW
20
SW
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
S
10
SW
5
S
5
SE
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
7:35AM2.11m
8:01PM2.19m
8:31AM2.18m
8:52PM2.28m
9:19AM2.28m
Low Tide
1:19AM0.83m
1:44PM0.84m
2:17AM0.77m
2:39PM0.77m
3:08AM0.67m
3:26PM0.66m
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:52
7:50
7:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:30
5:30
5:31
 mm
1
6
1
1
1
Temp °C
8
8
9
9
8
7
7
6
5
5
5
9
9
7
6
6
6
7
6
9
10
8
7
Feels °C
7
6
6
4
6
4
4
3
2
2
2
7
5
3
3
3
3
4
3
7
7
6
4
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