Stewart Island - Saber Reef surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 05 Mar 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
14.5° C
(Which is 2.0°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 9AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 05). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (05 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (05 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.9
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)111111101012111212111111111010101010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)608279734612919612916915711611411210675727171484730282727
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
40
NW
30
NNW
40
NNW
50
NW
55
NW
50
NW
60
NW
40
WNW
35
W
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
15
W
5
NW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:08AM
2.31
3:22PM
2.32
3:45AM
2.24
4:01PM
2.23
4:22AM
2.15
4:41PM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:08AM
0.13
9:30PM
0.10
9:48AM
0.20
10:09PM
0.23
10:27AM
0.30
10:49PM
0.38
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise--7:26-------7:28-------7:30-----
Sunset-----8:31-------8:30-------8:28--
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-2-------131----------11
Temp. °C141415171819191819191817161514141314141514141212
Feels °C (?)118811121213101091079999810101110111111
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