Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 10 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 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 4PM is: 1.8m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Afternoon (10 Apr)6ft (1.8m)14s
Evening (10 Apr)6ft (1.8m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)151414141413131313131313131313121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)143213551318131812261069106999910141266133911371021925897718695683672603593506479382
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
SSE
5
SW
5
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
NE
5
N
0
NW
5
ESE
10
S
20
SW
15
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
W
5
W
0
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscrossoncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:09AM
1.00
10:48PM
0.98
11:22AM
1.00
12:26AM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:22PM
0.70
5:00AM
0.77
5:46PM
0.63
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise-------6:39-------6:39-------6:41
Sunset--6:04-------6:01-------6:00-----
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------14---------
Temp. °C332928282320191921222120201918192121211919191919
Feels °C (?)312728282219191820212221202020212220201919192021
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