Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 28 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
18.2° C
(Which is 3.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 5AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 28). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (28 Mar)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (28 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
WSW
1.1
SW
0.8
SSW
1.6
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)111198118101012111111111111111010101010121210
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1701931611621573491195181828942228176415101390954868749664308261211314361355278
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
SW
30
SW
25
SW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
5
W
5
NW
5
NW
5
N
5
NE
10
SE
25
SE
30
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:52AM
1.21
1:15PM
1.23
1:42AM
1.39
1:59PM
1.36
2:19AM
1.54
2:35PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:14AM
0.51
7:28PM
0.41
8:01AM
0.35
8:07PM
0.27
8:36AM
0.22
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise---6:28-------6:28-------6:30----
Sunset------6:21-------6:20-------6:17-
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C191918192121191818171717202019181817171720212120
Feels °C (?)191917181917151717161616181818191817171719181821
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