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Stewart Island - Saber Reef surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 15 Jan 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
13.8° 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: 2.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (15 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (15 Jan)7ft (2.1m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131312121212121212121212121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)255722712191190417561521137412461042929899748736666551542583533528478655722765726
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
E
35
E
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:50AM
1.85
12:24AM
1.92
12:35PM
1.92
1:06AM
2.00
1:16PM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:40AM
0.68
6:01PM
0.55
6:25AM
0.62
6:44PM
0.47
7:07AM
0.55
7:25PM
0.39
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-6:11-------6:13-------6:15------
Sunset-----9:42-------9:42-------9:40--
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clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101011111111111112111111111111111111121212111010
Feels °C (?)655444446556666776788777
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