Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
18.0° C
(Which is 1.2°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 7AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (08 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.6
WSW
1
W
1
W
0.8
WSW
1.2
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)111111111010101010101213131377812161515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)126123121119115108106136173177121334330222162209206614256308566530429346
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
5
E
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
ESE
15
NNE
25
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassonononcrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:00AM
2.60
3:19PM
2.66
3:46AM
2.46
4:06PM
2.49
4:34AM
2.33
4:55PM
2.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:51PM
0.16
9:08AM
0.31
9:37PM
0.30
9:54AM
0.45
10:23PM
0.47
10:43AM
0.60
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise---6:07-------6:07-------6:09----
Sunset-------9:14-------9:14-------9:13
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------1-2211--1--111
Temp. °C151515151819181716151616171819181616141517181818
Feels °C (?)141515161918161516151514161820181615141315171718
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