Stewart Island - Saber Reef surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 04 Apr 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
14.4° C
(Which is 2.5°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 6AM is: 0.1m 18s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 04). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Afternoon (04 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)16s
Evening (04 Apr)10ft (3.0m)15s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.1
SE
0.2
E
0.1
SE
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
0.2
ENE
3.5
WSW
0.2
E
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)1110101010616151514814158151313121266121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44211012431029593720362960178170000193190671648637
Wind
(km/h)
40
NW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SE
10
ESE
15
E
20
E
30
E
30
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
40
E
40
E
45
E
40
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:12AM
2.17
3:32PM
2.18
3:47AM
2.10
4:11PM
2.09
4:25AM
2.01
4:52PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:00PM
0.23
9:17AM
0.25
9:38PM
0.34
9:55AM
0.34
10:17PM
0.47
10:36AM
0.46
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise----8:10-------8:11-------8:12---
Sunset-------7:32-------7:30-------7:29
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
15----------------------
Temp. °C151212111212111111111110111110101110101111111111
Feels °C (?)865477778886643342243334
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