Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 27 Feb 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
18.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Nine Mile today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 1PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (27 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (27 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)13131313131212131313141413131313121212127889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)760862972851825705628563700722646636608507424339318258236298191300449552
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
0
WSW
5
E
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
5
E
10
ENE
10
E
5
ESE
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
5
S
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
5
S
5
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
10
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffglassononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:02AM
2.33
8:46PM
2.33
9:13AM
2.47
9:49PM
2.47
10:10AM
2.64
10:41PM
2.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:40AM
0.71
2:23PM
0.57
2:54AM
0.61
3:31PM
0.42
3:55AM
0.45
4:27PM
0.25
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise--7:11-------7:11-------7:13-----
Sunset-----8:22-------8:22-------8:20--
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------------11--
Temp. °C15141517171616151413151717161413121213151515129
Feels °C (?)1514151514141414121114151514141211111214121095
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