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Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 12 Mar 2026 SAST
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Tubes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tubes sea temperature is
19.9° C
 (Which is 2.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 4AM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 12). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Afternoon (12 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (12 Mar)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)171615141413131312121212121212131317151615141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37644662760362658148647944942836736131434933836936940345010741135890902822
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
0
ENE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
0
WSW
10
N
5
N
10
NW
5
WSW
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
5
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
15
W
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		glasscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
0.97
12:33AM
0.93
12:42PM
1.02
1:31AM
1.09
1:32PM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:51AM
0.75
4:51PM
0.77
6:27AM
0.78
7:13PM
0.63
7:33AM
0.63
7:48PM
0.47
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise---6:16-------6:16-------6:18----
Sunset------6:43-------6:40-------6:39-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242323252928292627272727292726262620202224242323
Feels °C (?)242323262827282625252425272525262620212324242427
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