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Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 08 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
23.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 2AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (09 Feb)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (09 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
2.1
ESE
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)10101111121211111071012111111111010101012121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)290284610759589569527499435456426521571571478460374235240302421414366347
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
25
E
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
E
20
NE
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
SSW
20
S
10
SSE
5
E
5
W
5
WSW
10
W
5
W
10
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:17PM
1.17
7:41AM
1.23
7:51PM
1.04
8:26AM
1.09
9:10PM
0.92
10:55AM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:18AM
0.49
2:00PM
0.60
1:54AM
0.63
3:06PM
0.71
3:13AM
0.76
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise-----5:48-------5:48-------5:50--
Sunset7:20-------7:19-------7:17-------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---------361------11----1
Temp. °C232221212223252825232222222326252524242323242626
Feels °C (?)222221212223252623222124242527252828282726272826
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