Nine Mile Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.34° S 171.26° E

Nine Mile 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Nine Mile sea temperature is
12.9°C
0.6° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 17s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 9AM is: 2.5m 17s primary swell from a West direction and 2.3m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)8ft (2.5m)17s
Afternoon (06 Sep)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (06 Sep)7ft (2.1m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 50mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun afternoon, min 7°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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)
7
4
0
3
0
2
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
W
17
3.5
W
17
2.5
W
17
2.5
W
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.3
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
1.9
WSW
16
1.8
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.5
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
13
0.8
WSW
13
1
W
10
1
W
10
0.9
WSW
10
1.1
W
12
1.1
W
12
1
W
12
0.6
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6779
6866
4074
3386
3055
2523
2054
1776
1480
1137
862
714
694
655
608
225
196
192
157
347
339
271
106
Wind (km/h)
5
N
20
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNE
20
NW
15
NW
5
NNE
15
E
20
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
SE
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
5:48AM2.25m
6:23PM2.33m
7:08AM2.32m
7:36PM2.46m
8:15AM2.46m
8:37PM2.64m
Low Tide
12:01PM0.71m
00:45AM0.57m
1:17PM0.61m
1:56AM0.42m
2:21PM0.45m
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:50
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:14
6:15
6:15
 mm
5
17
3
7
13
13
5
4
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
11
11
13
12
14
14
13
11
10
9
9
11
12
10
8
8
7
8
8
9
10
10
10
Feels °C
10
8
9
7
11
12
13
8
5
4
3
6
8
7
5
5
4
5
6
7
8
8
9
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