Stewart Island - Saber Reef surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
14.3° C
(Which is 2.6°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 6PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.2
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
1.2
SW
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.9
WSW
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)111010101010101310101010101251088889999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2752702213181381331005097577747149020117868888111119194230194
Wind
(km/h)
40
NW
40
NW
40
WNW
45
W
35
W
40
W
30
W
25
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
5
SE
5
ENE
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:32PM
1.73
6:51AM
1.68
7:38PM
1.71
7:56AM
1.69
8:39PM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:14PM
0.76
12:53AM
0.86
1:22PM
0.76
2:00AM
0.84
2:24PM
0.70
2:56AM
0.75
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise7:16-------7:18-------7:20-------
Sunset---6:22-------6:20-------6:17----
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11132-------------------
Temp. °C141413121212121112131313121414141414151515151414
Feels °C (?)77545456810111081112111111111313121112
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