Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 27 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
16.3° C
(Which is 6.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 4AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 27). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (27 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (27 Feb)6ft (1.9m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
2
4
3
3
4
2
4
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.4
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
Period(s) (?)131212121111111111111112111111111112121213131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2884245421131799138910458758948298448158308468681416206920983087409351906217693476848398
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
5
ESE
5
NNE
10
NW
10
W
10
W
20
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
10
W
10
NNW
10
NW
15
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:02AM
1.13
1:25PM
1.26
2:01AM
1.33
2:16PM
1.41
2:42AM
1.51
2:55PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:14AM
0.55
7:49PM
0.41
8:12AM
0.38
8:31PM
0.25
8:53AM
0.23
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise---6:05-------6:05-------6:07----
Sunset------6:59-------6:58-------6:57-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181717182021201919181718212220191818181917171717
Feels °C (?)161516181818171819171616181815181617161412121112
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