Nine Mile Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.34° S 171.26° E

Nine Mile 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Nine Mile sea temperature is
12.2°C
0.1° 

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 (13 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 1PM is: 1.6m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 2.2m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)16s
Afternoon (13 Sep)5ft (1.6m)16s
Evening (13 Sep)5ft (1.6m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue night, min 9°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
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)
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
WSW
16
1.8
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.6
WSW
16
1.6
WSW
16
1.6
WSW
16
1.6
WSW
16
1.6
WSW
16
1.6
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.5
WSW
15
1.9
WSW
15
1.8
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.5
W
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
14
1.1
W
14
0.9
WSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1988
1793
1589
1382
1348
1331
1315
1150
1121
1077
911
1576
1402
1240
1106
965
845
724
613
507
492
447
160
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
W
5
W
0
NNE
5
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
High Tide
11:56AM2.84m
00:13AM2.86m
12:33PM2.76m
00:51AM2.72m
1:10PM2.63m
Low Tide
5:48AM-0.00m
6:05PM0.07m
6:26AM0.10m
6:43PM0.18m
7:03AM0.26m
7:22PM0.33m
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
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light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:39
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:21
6:22
6:22
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
10
10
11
12
12
12
12
11
11
11
12
12
12
11
10
10
10
9
10
12
12
12
13
Feels °C
6
6
8
8
9
10
11
10
9
8
9
9
10
9
8
9
9
7
9
11
11
11
12
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