Stewart Island - Saber Reef surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
14.3° C
(Which is 2.6°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 5AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 08). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1
WSW
0.6
SW
0.6
E
0.8
E
1.1
ENE
1.6
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)10101011111010101010101010101010128688888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)333346308326275225221180138133100100757473710582278171339115115
Wind
(km/h)
40
NW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NW
40
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
40
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
ENE
10
NNE
0
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassoffoffcross-
off
offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:48AM
1.72
6:32PM
1.73
6:51AM
1.68
7:38PM
1.71
7:56AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:46PM
0.82
12:14PM
0.76
12:53AM
0.86
1:22PM
0.76
2:00AM
0.84
2:24PM
0.70
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise----7:16-------7:18-------7:20---
Sunset-------6:22-------6:20-------6:17
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-1111131---------------
Temp. °C141414141313131212111111121313131314141514151716
Feels °C (?)78875655434681011101012121211111415
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