Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 26 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 6PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 26). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (26 Feb)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (26 Feb)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
4
3
5
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
3
SW
3
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
Period(s) (?)111312121312121211121111111111111111111111111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)76322012227226427442454211317991389112187584582972471181576488490021432023371537865167
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
5
ESE
5
NNE
5
NW
10
W
15
WSW
20
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
10
W
10
NW
10
WNW
30
W
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:54AM
1.13
1:02AM
1.13
1:25PM
1.26
2:01AM
1.33
2:16PM
1.41
2:42AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:42PM
0.57
7:14AM
0.55
7:49PM
0.41
8:12AM
0.38
8:31PM
0.25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise-------6:05-------6:05-------6:07
Sunset--7:00-------6:59-------6:58-----
cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C242119191817171820212019191817182122201919181918
Feels °C (?)221716161716161818181818191816161818151818161513
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