Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 18 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
20.2° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 9AM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (18 Apr)11ft (3.5m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)11ft (3.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
4
3
3
4
4
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
3
2
2
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.3
SW
4
WSW
5.5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
Period(s) (?)12111011111111111111101010109121211121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2024213219312778335128383091282622351651918701687602589105813483733811869926100538440684283
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
15
W
15
NW
15
NW
20
W
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
ENE
10
NE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
25
W
15
SSW
10
N
25
NW
45
WSW
40
WSW
30
W
35
W
35
WSW
25
WSW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:56AM
1.87
4:18PM
1.68
4:33AM
1.83
4:56PM
1.63
5:11AM
1.72
5:36PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:42PM
-0.01
10:12AM
-0.07
10:18PM
0.00
10:49AM
-0.02
10:57PM
0.07
11:27AM
0.08
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise---6:43-------6:45-------6:46----
Sunset------5:53-------5:52-------5:51-
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C161414152020181716151516242720182015151618191816
Feels °C (?)9111111141515161413121320221716147699111213
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