Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 29 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
18.0° C
(Which is 3.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 8AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 29). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (29 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (29 Mar)6ft (1.9m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
3
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.1
S
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.6
WSW
0.5
S
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1211111111111111101010910121212129991011914
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28942326186715561390954868804651340314253260407325256251162127142148763991
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
10
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
15
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:42AM
1.39
1:59PM
1.36
2:19AM
1.54
2:35PM
1.47
2:51AM
1.66
3:06PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:01AM
0.35
8:07PM
0.27
8:36AM
0.22
8:39PM
0.17
9:06AM
0.13
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise---6:28-------6:30-------6:31----
Sunset------6:20-------6:17-------6:16-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181717182120191818181718212121202121212124272522
Feels °C (?)171616182018171818181718201818212222222225252321
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