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Stewart Island - Saber Reef surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 02 Feb 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
13.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Stewart Island - Saber Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Stewart Island - Saber Reef at 5PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 02). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (02 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (02 Feb)8ft (2.4m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
1.2
WSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
2.4
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
0.4
S
2.1
SW
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)11510109111111111010111011118101091010101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)357533328652305213516921377328662035353568121905310680505471
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		glassononcross-
on		glasscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:20PM
2.40
2:53AM
2.40
3:06PM
2.41
3:36AM
2.37
3:50PM
2.36
4:18AM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:06AM
0.15
8:30PM
-0.07
8:52AM
0.12
9:15PM
-0.05
9:36AM
0.13
10:00PM
0.03
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise-------6:39-------6:41-------6:43
Sunset---9:23-------9:22-------9:21----
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
12----------------------
Temp. °C1312121211109911111213111110111213151414141414
Feels °C (?)8644445589101091088991091111109
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