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Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 04 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
23.3° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 1PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)121212111111121212121112101010111111121112111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)242199193158158121164193190224213220216212216224224338144187343308303297
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
ENE
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
10
NE
15
NNE
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
W
10
SW
5
E
5
E
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SE
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glasscrosscrosscrossononcross-
off		glasscross-
off		offcross-
on		cross-
on		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:24PM
1.60
5:46AM
1.71
5:53PM
1.52
6:15AM
1.62
6:22PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:25AM
0.10
11:29PM
0.03
11:55AM
0.16
11:57PM
0.11
12:24PM
0.25
12:24AM
0.22
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise-5:43-------5:45-------5:45------
Sunset----7:22-------7:22-------7:22---
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part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----32------1----------
Temp. °C242526262524242524252324272322222122242423222120
Feels °C (?)282927282627252727272526292322222122242323222120
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