Stewart Island - Saber Reef surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 07 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
13.7° 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 7PM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 07). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)8s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
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 (?)
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
S
0.2
E
0.1
SE
1.1
SW
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
SE
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
0.2
S
1.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)888111111109101599981818181881515161414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)77753336449288333030662002000
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
30
NW
35
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
15
N
50
NW
50
NW
35
WNW
35
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
35
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:04PM
2.27
5:37AM
2.19
5:54PM
2.14
6:26AM
2.07
6:45PM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:51AM
0.24
11:17PM
0.13
11:41AM
0.33
12:07AM
0.28
12:33PM
0.43
1:00AM
0.42
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-------6:03-------6:03-------6:05
Sunset---9:45-------9:45-------9:45----
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
111-------4213---------2
Temp. °C141514141413131315151416151513121213131313131212
Feels °C (?)101091011998910127796545555559
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