Nine Mile surf break

Nine Mile surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 15 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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.1°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 6AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)10910101015111514141414141313131313121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)145118120125102123123121371366356336261253246242189165147179176164126128
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
SSE
10
S
5
S
10
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
5
S
5
ESE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offglasscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:54PM
2.13
9:20AM
2.21
9:48PM
2.22
10:09AM
2.32
10:34PM
2.32
10:52AM
2.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:05AM
0.81
3:35PM
0.74
3:57AM
0.73
4:23PM
0.63
4:42AM
0.62
5:06PM
0.51
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise---6:15-------6:16-------6:16----
Sunset-------9:12-------9:10-------9:10
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cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----11--111111-----------
Temp. °C151515151517211915141414141516161514141416181818
Feels °C (?)141514141316191714121413141515151412111113171717
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