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Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 17 Dec 2025 SASTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
18.9° C
(Which is 2.7°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Tubes today?
The current surf forecast for Tubes at 1PM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Dec) | 10ft (3.0m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (17 Dec) | 11ft (3.5m) | 10s |
| Evening (17 Dec) | 10ft (3.0m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Tubes. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 2 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1527 | 1242 | 2294 | 2415 | 1895 | 1690 | 904 | 678 | 574 | 711 | 625 | 533 | 588 | 595 | 535 | 396 | 494 | 343 | 431 | 423 | 354 | 392 | 1053 | 1494 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:14PM 1.41 | 2:44AM 1.33 | 2:49PM 1.46 | 3:17AM 1.39 | 3:23PM 1.50 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:02AM 0.44 | 8:34PM 0.31 | 8:40AM 0.38 | 9:07PM 0.25 | 9:14AM 0.33 | 9:39PM 0.21 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Sat 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 5:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 7:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:29 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
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