Stewart Island - Saber Reef surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 25 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Stewart Island - Saber Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Stewart Island - Saber Reef sea temperature is
14.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Stewart Island - Saber Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Stewart Island - Saber Reef at 12PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 25). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

Table - waves today at Stewart Island - Saber Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1
SW
0.3
SE
1
SSW
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
ENE
0.2
SSE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)101010101091110510610107108888888810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61616147603140284518721515119676665667
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
10
ENE
0
S
35
WNW
40
NW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:58AM
1.93
8:48PM
1.96
9:15AM
1.92
10:07PM
2.00
10:31AM
1.99
11:18PM
2.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:49AM
0.58
2:24PM
0.49
3:07AM
0.61
3:41PM
0.45
4:20AM
0.56
4:50PM
0.35
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise--7:15-------7:16-------7:18-----
Sunset-----8:46-------8:45-------8:43--
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----2862---------------
Temp. °C121213151716151211101112121211101010111112121110
Feels °C (?)91011121611886667777667878887
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