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Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 14 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
20.9° C
 (Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 2PM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 14). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Mar)5ft (1.5m)16s
Afternoon (14 Mar)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (14 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
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)
2
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)151615141414131313131212121111111313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)450105511358901002890632572494364367247383309338263569659647722769710789625
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
N
5
ENE
10
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
5
ESE
10
WSW
5
SW
10
W
10
WSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSW
30
W
5
WNW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glassoncrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:32PM
1.17
2:01AM
1.27
2:05PM
1.33
2:28AM
1.44
2:35PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:33AM
0.63
7:48PM
0.47
8:05AM
0.47
8:15PM
0.32
8:34AM
0.30
8:42PM
0.18
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
Sunrise-6:18-------6:18-------6:18------
Sunset----6:39-------6:38-------6:37---
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C222225252323222322232626282422222223252523232322
Feels °C (?)222224252426242625252725262724242324262625222624
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