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Stewart Island - Saber Reef surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 21 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
14.0° 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 11AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 21). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (21 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)8s

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

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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
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)
0
0
0
2
2
3
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.7
ENE
1.7
E
1.9
ENE
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
2.5
SW
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)12677788888888888889910121312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4142322332772954082912532191871871821871901651361111161271391481802452240
Wind
(km/h)
40
E
35
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglassglassonononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:36AM
2.15
3:44PM
2.15
4:13AM
2.14
4:22PM
2.13
4:51AM
2.11
5:03PM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:37AM
0.36
9:55PM
0.21
10:14AM
0.36
10:35PM
0.23
10:55AM
0.37
11:17PM
0.28
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise-6:20-------6:22-------6:22------
Sunset-----9:37-------9:37-------9:36--
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121214151515151414141415151413131211111112121111
Feels °C (?)55911121314131413131312119975555533
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