Stewart Island - Saber Reef surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am 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
14.1° C
(Which is 2.4°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 4PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 08). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
1.6
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.9
WSW
0.6
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)991010101010111111101014141413101010101012510
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4363753613203333463083262752292251849885565405097575735049020117
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
E
10
NW
40
NW
40
NW
35
WNW
30
NW
35
NW
40
NW
35
WNW
40
W
40
W
40
W
40
W
30
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
5
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:30PM
1.79
5:48AM
1.72
6:32PM
1.73
6:51AM
1.68
7:38PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:12AM
0.69
11:46PM
0.82
12:14PM
0.76
12:53AM
0.86
1:22PM
0.76
2:00AM
0.84
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise7:16-------7:16-------7:18-------
Sunset---6:23-------6:22-------6:20----
clear
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---11-11111-------------
Temp. °C141516151414141313131212111111111213131312131414
Feels °C (?)13131487896564323469101199101212
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