Stewart Island - Saber Reef surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 24 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
14.1° 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 9PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 24). An open ocean swell of 2.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)--
Afternoon (24 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (24 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
W
1.8
W
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
0.3
SE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
SSE
2.2
WSW
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)1010111010101010101010910105661088101288
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)00736964636148486044434439561151091512129076
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
W
15
W
10
W
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
15
ENE
5
SE
15
ENE
20
N
25
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:30PM
2.00
7:58AM
1.93
8:48PM
1.96
9:15AM
1.92
10:07PM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:10PM
0.45
1:49AM
0.58
2:24PM
0.49
3:07AM
0.61
3:41PM
0.45
4:20AM
0.56
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise--------7:15-------7:16-------
Sunset---8:49-------8:46-------8:45----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131314131212121213151514131311101112121211101010
Feels °C (?)9911111010910101213111095567676666
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