Tubes Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.02° S 24.93° E

Tubes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 27 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tubes sea temperature is
15.3°C
3.5° 

Tubes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Tubes today (27 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Aug, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 1PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 27). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 8s 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 (27 Aug)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (27 Aug)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (27 Aug)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Thu morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.4
SSW
12
2.3
SSW
12
2.2
SSW
12
2
S
12
1.9
SSW
12
1.5
S
12
1.4
S
12
1.6
S
12
1.5
S
12
1.4
S
11
1.1
S
11
1.3
S
11
1.2
S
11
1
S
14
1.3
S
11
1.2
S
12
1.2
S
12
1.1
S
11
1
S
11
0.9
SSE
11
1.5
WSW
13
0.8
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1817
1581
1430
1214
1100
646
547
722
625
510
305
403
344
377
426
384
390
319
260
209
725
212
295
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
N
5
NW
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
SSW
5
S
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
35
WSW
25
SW
30
WSW
15
W
15
W
Wind State
on
cross-on
on
glassy
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:36PM1.63m
3:42AM1.60m
4:02PM1.72m
4:10AM1.64m
4:29PM1.77m
Low Tide
9:23AM0.11m
9:41PM0.15m
9:49AM0.04m
10:09PM0.09m
10:15AM0.00m
10:38PM0.05m
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:46
6:43
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:58
5:59
5:59
 mm
Temp °C
13
14
22
27
26
24
25
25
25
23
23
24
19
18
18
21
26
27
22
19
17
16
15
Feels °C
11
12
21
26
24
24
23
22
22
20
20
22
19
18
18
20
23
25
17
16
12
14
12
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tubes surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest