Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 23 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
19.6° C
(Which is 2.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 1AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)7ft (2.2m)14s
Afternoon (24 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)14s
Evening (24 Mar)6ft (1.8m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)151414141414141413131313131212121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2268268023922392216018941746149013031093922812787543517443436436365341323458431505
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
E
35
E
45
E
30
ENE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
30
WSW
35
SW
25
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcrossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:24PM
1.42
6:44AM
1.45
7:09PM
1.25
7:37AM
1.25
8:24PM
1.09
9:21AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:26AM
0.28
1:01PM
0.37
1:14AM
0.47
2:02PM
0.55
2:39AM
0.65
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-----6:24-------6:26-------6:26--
Sunset6:28-------6:25-------6:24-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212020202020252723222223242729232220202019192221
Feels °C (?)171716171717222318202425252826191920202119192219
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