Stewart Island - Saber Reef surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 20 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
14.7° C
(Which is 3.2°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 2PM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (20 Apr)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (20 Apr)7ft (2.1m)9s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
S
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.6
S
1.9
SSE
0.9
SW
1.4
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.2
S
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)8888999169888888988888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)647521475554616399575349304374343280190232232905289876963626747
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
SSE
0
ESE
5
SSW
5
WNW
5
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:11PM
2.38
3:30AM
2.26
4:09PM
2.28
4:28AM
2.17
5:13PM
2.17
5:34AM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:49AM
0.04
9:19PM
0.23
9:44AM
0.13
10:17PM
0.35
10:45AM
0.23
11:22PM
0.46
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise7:31-------7:33-------7:35-------
Sunset---6:01-------6:00------5:58-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C89988999999999889101099999
Feels °C (?)0110-11112222332357888777
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