Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 07 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
17.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nine Mile today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 7PM is: 2.1m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Afternoon (07 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)15s
Evening (07 Mar)7ft (2.1m)15s

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


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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.9
W
2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.7
WSW
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.8
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
W
Period(s) (?)151515151515151515151515151515151515151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10491654180419851985198519591959175715891589146914301263129212631123126314217447346311106925
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
0
WNW
5
WNW
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
WSW
0
SSW
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
0
ENE
5
SW
5
W
0
NNW
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcrossglassglassglassglassononglassonglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:08PM
2.67
2:26AM
2.58
2:44PM
2.52
3:02AM
2.44
3:23PM
2.34
3:42AM
2.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:01AM
0.24
8:20PM
0.30
8:38AM
0.38
8:56PM
0.47
9:16AM
0.55
9:35PM
0.65
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise--------7:22-------7:22-------
Sunset---8:09-------8:07-------8:07----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------1111------------
Temp. °C161818171616161616161717151515151516171614121212
Feels °C (?)161717181717171716161817161515151616171611898
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