Nine Mile Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.34° S 171.26° E

Nine Mile 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Nine Mile sea temperature is
12.4°C
0.2° 

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 (27 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 11s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile at 10PM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 21s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)--
Afternoon (27 Sep)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (27 Sep)11ft (3.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Mon morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Sun afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
4
3
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
W
10
3.5
W
11
3.5
W
11
3.5
W
11
3
W
11
3
W
10
2.5
W
10
2.5
W
9
2.5
W
9
2.5
W
9
2.3
W
9
1.6
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.5
W
14
2
W
10
1.4
WSW
14
1.8
W
10
1.2
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2795
2447
2646
2558
2335
1891
1352
1080
1225
1225
823
1121
971
939
886
765
799
605
605
Wind (km/h)
5
S
15
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
N
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
High Tide
00:08AM2.90m
12:29PM2.85m
00:47AM2.91m
1:08PM2.84m
Low Tide
6:20AM0.02m
6:37PM0.06m
6:59AM0.04m
7:18PM0.08m
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
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7:15
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7:13
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8:35
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7:37
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7:37
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 mm
1
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1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
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1
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Temp °C
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
9
9
9
10
11
11
11
11
Feels °C
6
5
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
6
6
8
9
9
8
9
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