Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 09 May 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
19.3° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 1PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am May 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 May)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (09 May)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (09 May)7ft (2.2m)11s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 13°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, gales from the NW by Mon afternoon).

Saturday
9
Sunday
10
Monday
11
Tue
12
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
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
4
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
3
2
1
3
3
5
0
0
0
1
5
7
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.2
SSE
11
2.2
SE
11
1.9
SE
11
1.7
SE
11
1.6
SE
11
1.4
SE
11
1.2
SE
10
3.5
WSW
9
4
WSW
11
4.5
WSW
11
5
WSW
12
5.5
WSW
12
5.5
WSW
12
4
WSW
12
3.5
WSW
11
3
WSW
11
4
SW
12
5.5
SW
13
6
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3318
2700
2318
1938
1637
1264
1131
894
690
572
408
304
2002
3448
5330
6863
8011
7549
4509
2698
2296
4629
10115
13901
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NE
5
SE
15
E
15
NE
10
N
15
N
10
N
20
NW
35
NW
30
W
25
WNW
20
NW
30
NW
35
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
40
NNW
60
NW
60
NW
40
WNW
20
W
25
WNW
cross-off
cross
glassy
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:03AM1.09m
9:25PM1.12m
9:48AM1.05m
10:56PM1.19m
11:22AM1.11m
11:59PM1.32m
Low Tide
2:38PM0.57m
3:45AM0.68m
4:09PM0.57m
5:19AM0.59m
5:25PM0.50m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:00
7:01
7:01
7:01
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:31
5:30
5:30
5:29
1
Temp °C
13
13
17
19
17
16
17
18
18
17
16
15
17
15
13
14
13
13
15
18
19
19
17
19
11
11
16
18
14
13
14
14
15
12
9
9
12
10
6
6
6
7
6
5
7
12
14
14
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.2
SSE
11
2.2
SE
11
1.9
SE
11
1.7
SE
11
1.6
SE
11
1.4
SE
11
1.2
SE
10
2.5
WSW
9
0.8
SE
10
0.8
SE
10
0.5
SE
12
0.6
SE
12
5
WSW
12
4
WSW
12
3.5
WSW
11
3
WSW
11
4
SW
12
5.5
SW
13
5.5
SW
14
Energy kJ
3318
2700
2318
1938
1637
1264
1131
894
690
572
408
304
1045
122
122
74
92
6403
4509
2698
2296
4629
10115
11214
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
1
SE
10
0.5
E
8
0.4
ENE
9
0.4
SE
10
0.3
ENE
9
0.6
SE
12
0.5
SE
12
1.1
SSW
12
1.2
SSW
12
0.4
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
Energy kJ
856
844
833
810
726
726
573
534
511
451
386
290
200
37
25
34
15
92
72
373
418
50
22
22
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.8
SW
15
0.3
E
9
0.6
E
5
0.6
E
5
0.4
E
6
0.5
E
8
0.9
SW
13
0.4
SE
13
0.5
SE
13
0.3
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
E
9
0.5
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.2
ENE
10
Energy kJ
31
18
16
17
16
258
15
20
21
9
31
290
46
78
15
8
6
72
37
10
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
W
5
0.7
E
4
0.8
ENE
4
0.9
ENE
5
0.4
NNE
3
0.6
N
3
1.1
NW
4
1.6
W
5
3.5
WSW
9
4
WSW
11
4.5
WSW
11
5
WSW
12
5.5
WSW
12
5.5
WSW
12
0.9
NNW
4
0.7
NW
4
1
NNW
4
1.5
NNW
5
6
WSW
14
Energy kJ
42
12
21
34
3
7
42
136
2002
3448
5330
6863
8011
7549
29
17
38
133
13901
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
9
4
4
3
5
6
5
Distance (km)
0
0
0
0
180
172
1
1
1
9
219
140
1
1
483
612
140
22
302
434
421
144
0
144
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South)
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
5
5
9
8
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
5
5
3
3
4
9
5
4
3
5
8
9
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
9
5
4
4
4
4
4
5
9
8
6
5
5
9
5
4
4
5
8
9
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