Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 31 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
17.7° C
(Which is 1.4°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 1PM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (31 Mar)7ft (2.1m)9s
Evening (31 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
2
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
WSW
2.2
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)898991010101414141413131313111111131312129
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6887257087267636836274704133313263226275314443611561561171731701117839
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
NW
5
WNW
0
W
5
ESE
5
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
W
10
W
5
SW
5
SE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffoffglassononcross-
on
glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:37AM
2.70
11:01PM
2.66
11:17AM
2.77
11:38PM
2.72
11:53AM
2.79
12:12AM
2.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:25AM
0.33
4:50PM
0.19
5:07AM
0.23
5:29PM
0.13
5:45AM
0.17
6:05PM
0.12
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise--7:48-------7:48-------7:50-----
Sunset-----7:29-------7:27-------7:24--
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141313141414131212121316151413121211121515141312
Feels °C (?)9101111111212101010111413131210109101313131211
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