Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Stewart Island - Saber Reef today (11 Sep):
The current surf forecast for Stewart Island - Saber Reef at 2AM is: 1.0m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 10). An open ocean swell of 6.0m 17s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 11°C on Sun morning, min 7°C on Fri night). Mainly near gales. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 9 | SSW 18 | ENE 8 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | ENE 8 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 17 | SW 17 | WSW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 16 | 558 | 14 | 1016 | 692 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27944 | 31611 | 20321 | 18710 | 0 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 00:33AM2.40m | 1:02PM2.38m | 1:17AM2.42m | 1:43PM2.36m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:19PM0.10m | 6:42AM-0.06m | 7:02PM0.06m | 7:25AM-0.04m | 7:45PM0.06m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 2 |
Temp °C | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
Feels °C | 0 | -2 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -3 | -4 | -5 | -5 | -5 | -3 | -3 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -1 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 18 | WSW 18 | WSW 18 | WSW 17 | SSW 18 | ENE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 17 | SW 17 | — |
| kJ | 20763 | 20274 | 20001 | 11000 | 692 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27944 | 25156 | 20321 | 18710 | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 9 | SSW 18 | ENE 8 | SSW 18 | ENE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 16 | 558 | 14 | 1016 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | ENE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | WSW 18 | WSW 17 | WSW 17 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | WSW 17 | WSW 17 | WSW 16 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 19678 | 20305 | 20700 | 20975 | 25018 | 25729 | 26060 | 27666 | 30079 | 31105 | 29939 | 23821 | 31611 | 24557 | 22688 | 23136 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 145 | 174 | 221 | 166 | 166 | 221 | 232 | 306 | 382 | 567 | 406 | 318 | 318 | 406 | 406 | 318 | 269 | 236 | 306 |
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