Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 30 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
18.3° C
(Which is 3.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 2PM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (30 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1
S
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
S
0.9
SW
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
1.5
WSW
2
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)1091012121012999101010141414151410614141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)341278216407319278254158127142145117559195140181191416290319301390357
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NNW
10
SE
20
SSE
15
SE
0
NE
5
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
E
30
ESE
35
E
25
ENE
15
E
10
ENE
0
WNW
15
SW
25
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:19AM
1.54
2:35PM
1.47
2:51AM
1.66
3:06PM
1.55
3:19AM
1.73
3:34PM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:36AM
0.22
8:39PM
0.17
9:06AM
0.13
9:08PM
0.10
9:34AM
0.06
9:35PM
0.07
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise-6:30-------6:31-------6:31------
Sunset----6:17-------6:16-------6:15---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181821212121202020212527252322222120252624212221
Feels °C (?)191820192023222221222425232323252421232323222423
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