Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.02° S 24.93° E

Tubes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tubes sea temperature is
15.3°C
3.8° 

Tubes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Tubes today (28 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 12AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 27). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)--
Afternoon (28 Sep)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (28 Sep)10ft (3.0m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 25°C on Wed afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sun
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SW
9
3
SW
10
3
SW
10
3
SW
10
2.5
SW
10
2.5
SW
10
1.8
SSW
9
1.4
SW
13
1.8
SW
10
1.8
S
9
1.5
SW
12
2
S
9
2
S
10
2
SSE
10
1.8
SSE
10
1.6
S
10
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1414
1509
1522
1486
1313
1153
551
613
609
521
646
694
783
742
650
479
374
386
330
Wind (km/h)
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
25
E
30
ESE
30
E
30
E
30
ENE
Wind State
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:58PM1.84m
4:14AM1.67m
4:28PM1.83m
4:46AM1.64m
5:01PM1.76m
Low Tide
10:10PM-0.03m
10:15AM-0.01m
10:42PM-0.01m
10:47AM0.04m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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1
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Temp °C
17
16
15
15
14
15
17
17
16
16
15
14
14
15
18
18
17
15
15
Feels °C
11
11
10
12
11
12
13
13
13
14
13
12
12
12
13
12
11
10
10
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