Super Tubes surf break

Super Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 SAST
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Super Tubes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Super Tubes sea temperature is
21.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)
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How big are the waves at Super Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Super Tubes at 12AM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)--
Afternoon (09 Jan)7ft (2.2m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s

Table - waves today at Super Tubes. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.1
WSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
S
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.6
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)121111111211121212111110111010101514141313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1193961119321163634271817441824169411149577536595574433565801061162714051162964822722
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
10
SE
15
E
10
E
15
E
25
E
30
ESE
35
E
35
ESE
25
E
20
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
20
SE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:00PM
1.31
7:33AM
1.42
7:39PM
1.19
8:15AM
1.31
8:26PM
1.08
9:09AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:05AM
0.30
1:47PM
0.47
1:42AM
0.42
2:35PM
0.57
2:26AM
0.55
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-----5:18-------5:18-------5:20--
Sunset7:35-------7:35-------7:35-------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242121191921222222212121202123242321212121232728
Feels °C (?)191919161618181920202020191818191918212223242626
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