Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Stewart Island - Saber Reef today (24 Oct):
- Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 19s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Stewart Island - Saber Reef at 1AM is: 0.3m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 23). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 19s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 3.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (24 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (24 Oct) | - | - |
| Evening (24 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 19s |
Table - waves today at Stewart Island - Saber Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun afternoon, min 12°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Sun morning, gales from the NW by Sun night). | |||||||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | W 10 | W 10 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | W 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | E 13 | E 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 106 | 100 | 36 | 71 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 11:54PM2.07m | 12:18PM2.12m | 00:35AM2.19m | 12:58PM2.21m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:48PM0.40m | 6:08AM0.27m | 6:26PM0.28m | 6:48AM0.18m | 7:06PM0.17m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:30 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | — |
Temp °C | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
Feels °C | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 18 | — | WSW 18 | SSW 19 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WNW 10 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 |
| kJ | 3219 | 3851 | 1496 | 1301 | 1175 | 850 | 1127 | 123 | — | 1522 | 123 | 6956 | 6003 | 4230 | 1601 | 3170 | 2989 | 2546 | 1887 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | WSW 20 | WSW 19 | WSW 19 | WSW 18 | WSW 18 | — | — | SSW 19 | — | — | — | — | WSW 15 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | E 13 | E 13 |
| kJ | 106 | 100 | 395 | 830 | 672 | 943 | 877 | — | — | 123 | — | — | — | — | 3474 | 644 | 543 | 4 | 4 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 12 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 36 | 71 | 197 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 132 | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | W 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 16 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | W 15 | — | — | — | WNW 9 | WNW 10 |
| kJ | 1003 | 799 | 1556 | 1612 | 2044 | 2419 | 2928 | 4737 | 5681 | 5365 | 12973 | 2003 | 2249 | 11742 | — | — | — | 1764 | 2279 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 145 | 145 | 119 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 119 | 145 | 145 | 119 | 119 | 119 | 95 | 95 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 89 |
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