Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 11 Jan 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
18.6° C
(Which is 1.7°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 9PM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)--
Afternoon (11 Jan)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (11 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s

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

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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
W
1.8
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)111112121211111212121111111010101010109991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2584321730823017254319161513826833864792907804609530461386327314249205211183186
Wind
(km/h)
40
NNW
25
NW
20
W
30
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
ESE
5
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:49PM
2.19
6:22AM
2.13
6:49PM
2.10
7:23AM
2.10
7:54PM
2.08
8:24AM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:06AM
0.75
12:35PM
0.82
1:04AM
0.83
1:38PM
0.86
2:06AM
0.85
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-----6:11-------6:13-------6:13--
Sunset-9:13-------9:13-------9:12------
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
616224-11-----------------
Temp. °C181715151414141616151414121114151515141414141616
Feels °C (?)1314139101010111111111210912121213131313131514
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