Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 05 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
20.0° 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 9PM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2.2m 17s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (05 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s
Evening (05 Apr)11ft (3.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
7
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
0
1
1
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
S
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)111313141616161615151414141413131413141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2228347748735118109171067210181115089882994786497141658355534577424536103399254428751872222315921288
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
ESE
20
SE
25
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:20PM
1.47
5:29AM
1.50
5:45PM
1.37
5:54AM
1.38
6:12PM
1.26
6:21AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:14AM
0.17
11:18PM
0.25
11:39AM
0.26
11:44PM
0.35
12:06PM
0.37
12:12AM
0.48
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise-------6:35-------6:35-------6:37
Sunset--6:09-------6:08-------6:07-----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019181817171720201917171616161919191817171617
Feels °C (?)181716161513131313131414141414141715151716161517
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