Stewart Island - Saber Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 47.19° S 167.79° E

Issued: 12 pm 22 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Stewart Island - Saber Reef sea temperature is

12.0°C

Stewart Island - Saber Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Sat night. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the WNW on Thu night, gales from the NW by Sat afternoon).
	Thu 22					Friday 23								Saturday 24
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 10	W 10	W 10	WSW 11	WSW 16	SSW 20	S 19	S 19	WSW 16	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 19	SSW 19	WNW 8	S 9	S 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	SSW 20
Wave Graph
kJ	0	0	0	0	0	38	29	180	0	31	106	100	36	71	0	6	2	0	0	0	75
Wind (km/h)	WNW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		11:00AM1.91m				11:13PM1.95m				11:40AM2.02m				11:54PM2.07m				12:18PM2.12m
Low Tide				5:10PM0.53m				5:28AM0.38m				5:48PM0.40m				6:08AM0.27m				6:26PM0.28m


	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	8:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:29	—
mm	4	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	13
Feels °C	4	6	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	WSW 18	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 18	—	WSW 18	SSW 20
kJ	—	62	320	706	583	1809	1860	2513	3636	3211	2808	3176	3161	1114	969	862	774	123	—	1015	75
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	W 23	W 24	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 19	WSW 19	S 19	—	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 17	WSW 20	WSW 19	WSW 18	WSW 18	WSW 17	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	11	11	232	612	391	533	180	—	31	106	100	395	830	938	943	867	—	—	—	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	W 23	—	WSW 21	WSW 21	SSW 20	S 19	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 19	SSW 19	—	S 9	S 10	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	11	—	90	151	38	29	—	—	—	—	—	36	71	—	6	2	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	WNW 10	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 6	WNW 7	WNW 7	WNW 8	WNW 8	WNW 8	WNW 8	WNW 8	WNW 9	WNW 9	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10
kJ	2314	1773	1227	539	383	249	360	266	485	726	843	693	628	1449	1752	2217	2945	4459	5364	5514	5701
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating (10 max)	2	4	3	2	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	6	4	4	4
Distance (km)	221	119	145	145	119	89	89	89	89	145	145	145	119	89	89	89	89	119	145	145	119
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland		Bluecliffs			Bluecliffs	Nicks Point	Porridge	Porridge	Porridge				Bluecliffs	Porridge	Porridge	Colac Bay	Nicks Point	Bluecliffs			Bluecliffs
Rating (10 max)		4			4	5	4	4	5				5	5	4	4	5	6			4
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Stent Road Taranaki	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating (10 max)	3	4	3	2	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	6	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	7	5	5	6	7	5	6	5	5

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