Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 19 Feb 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
21.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 3AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 19). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (20 Feb)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (20 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.9
SE
1.7
SSE
2
SE
2.1
SE
2.2
SE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
Period(s) (?)131313121212121212121211777888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1430151813691327123612361135967904503396288381282423505516532522394441463487487
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
W
5
W
0
SW
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
E
5
E
5
E
10
ENE
25
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
20
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ESE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:00PM
1.68
5:20AM
1.81
5:31PM
1.63
5:51AM
1.76
6:04PM
1.54
6:25AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:04PM
-0.04
11:30AM
0.04
11:34PM
0.01
12:03PM
0.10
12:06AM
0.10
12:39PM
0.21
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-----5:58-------6:00-------6:01--
Sunset7:08-------7:07-------7:06-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232221212021232323222221212225242222222323242827
Feels °C (?)232422232224232222222423242324212021222526273027
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