Tubes Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape (S) (37 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.02° S 24.93° E)

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Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 17 Jul 2025 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 slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 5AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Jul)	10ft (3.0m)	13s
Afternoon (17 Jul)	10ft (3.0m)	12s
Evening (17 Jul)	13ft (4.0m)	13s

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

Hourly 12 Days

Eastern Cape (South) Surf

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		Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23								Thursday 24
	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	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	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
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	8	6	7	6	5	4	4	3	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	12	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2393	2392	2670	2917	2665	2553	2806	4850	8759	13586	16873	16285	14024	12295	10695	8928	7529	6587	5842	5115	4274	3642	3138	2724	2271	2006	1682	1521	1306	1286	1331	1226	1302	1429	1706	1840	2221	2091	2210	3105	2961	3002	2751	1927	1483	1347	1155	1027	1000	799	678	624	558	685	792	864	1470	1848	2552	3809
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	NNW	NW	WNW	SW	WSW	W	W	WNW	W	W	WSW	WSW	SW	WNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	N	N	N	N	NNW	NW	WNW	WSW	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	NW	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ENE	NNE	NE	NNW	NNW	W	SSW	SW	W	WNW	WSW	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				7:47AM 1.29					8:23PM 1.45				8:47AM 1.18				9:28PM 1.36				10:11AM 1.11				10:54PM 1.31					11:52AM 1.12				12:24AM 1.33				1:15PM 1.21				1:35AM 1.40					2:15PM 1.34				2:31AM 1.48				3:04PM 1.46				3:17AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		1:50AM 0.35				1:52PM 0.32					2:49AM 0.43				2:50PM 0.43				4:04AM 0.49				4:10PM 0.52					5:36AM 0.49				5:49PM 0.53				7:01AM 0.42				7:16PM 0.46					8:04AM 0.32				8:20PM 0.35				8:53AM 0.21				9:10PM 0.26

		Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23								Thursday 24
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	2	3	3	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	12	12	19	21	17	15	15	13	14	14	15	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	16	20	21	17	16	15	16	17	24	29	30	20	17	15	15	15	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	18	19	17	15	15	16	15	14
Feels °C (?)	11	9	7	7	14	16	11	12	11	10	9	10	9	10	11	13	11	10	11	9	11	15	17	13	12	11	12	13	17	21	25	16	13	11	11	11	12	13	13	16	12	12	12	13	13	15	14	14	16	16	14	14	17	16	14	13	13	12	10	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape (S)

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tubes (calm at Loerie wx 19 km from Tubes). A 2.5m groundswell from the SW
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19 km away, 32 min ago

2 km/h

3.0

18.3

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