Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 21 Apr 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
19.2° C
(Which is 2.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 12PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (21 Apr)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (21 Apr)16ft (5.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
2
3
3
3
3
7
4
5
6
6
5
4
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121213131415161616161515141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)427139193858472251396970719169157211882787401069911424105979790843670405567434635002949205616191286
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
30
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
W
35
WSW
30
SW
15
SSW
0
WSW
5
NNE
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
25
E
35
E
35
E
35
ENE
25
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:21PM
1.41
6:40AM
1.38
7:18PM
1.27
7:43AM
1.20
8:46PM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:09PM
0.22
12:26AM
0.34
12:59PM
0.37
1:28AM
0.51
2:08PM
0.52
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:47-------6:47-------6:48------
Sunset----5:50-------5:49-------5:47---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------1---1-----------
Temp. °C141420211917161615161817161716151515192119181615
Feels °C (?)111115141211101110111111131614131313131412111213
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