Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 28 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
17.6° C
(Which is 5.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 7PM is: 2.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (28 Feb)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (28 Feb)10ft (3.0m)11s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
3
3
3
4
2
4
4
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
2.2
SW
1.9
SSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111111121213131314141514141414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8461131926174523823206385249206381755086338767860788488711732763195302417134712870256121731762
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
25
WNW
25
W
30
W
30
WSW
30
SW
20
SSW
5
SSW
5
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:16PM
1.41
2:42AM
1.51
2:55PM
1.53
3:16AM
1.65
3:28PM
1.61
3:48AM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:12AM
0.38
8:31PM
0.25
8:53AM
0.23
9:06PM
0.12
9:28AM
0.12
9:36PM
0.03
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-------6:07-------6:07-------6:09
Sunset--6:58-------6:57-------6:55-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------2211-------------
Temp. °C222220191918181716161614141414151919181716151416
Feels °C (?)191715181817171311119899991312131615131215
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