Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 29 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
17.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Nine Mile today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 8PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (29 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
3
4
4
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
4
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.3
NW
1.4
NW
2
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.1
WSW
1.5
W
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313139911111010168999999101010141014
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)299290225222269307901868745602118061499793399610328859441026711529514425419
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
WSW
10
NW
5
N
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:59AM
2.46
9:33PM
2.44
9:52AM
2.60
10:21PM
2.56
10:37AM
2.70
11:01PM
2.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:17PM
0.43
3:38AM
0.46
4:08PM
0.29
4:25AM
0.33
4:50PM
0.19
5:07AM
0.23
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise--------7:47-------7:48-------
Sunset---7:31-------7:30-------7:29----
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light rain
light rain
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
-41-1442121-------------
Temp. °C171618181715161616171615151413131314131312121112
Feels °C (?)1717181716141616161713111198101011101110989
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