Stewart Island - Saber Reef surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 01 Dec 2025 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
12.9° C
(Which is 1.9°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 7PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 01). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Afternoon (01 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (01 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

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Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.5
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)510109999910109912988888888810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)144447444026272734826422016271145118118102100787878644933
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
25
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
NNE
10
NNW
20
NNW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:16AM
2.04
10:41PM
2.12
11:10AM
2.15
11:38PM
2.25
12:03PM
2.25
12:35AM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:33PM
0.36
5:00AM
0.27
5:25PM
0.22
5:54AM
0.19
6:17PM
0.09
6:47AM
0.13
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise-------5:48-------5:48-------5:48
Sunset---9:24-------9:25-------9:27----
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------11---------------
Temp. °C101011111110101011121211101099111111111191011
Feels °C (?)545677767877676787889655
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