Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 08 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
19.5° 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 5AM is: 2.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
S
1.9
SSW
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131312111111111111111111161515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1965213517771400124911038487364885015105015535345344884974034895811413146314231423
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
E
10
ESE
15
E
10
NNE
10
NNW
20
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
WNW
20
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NW
5
S
10
S
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:21AM
1.26
6:46PM
1.13
6:56AM
1.13
7:44PM
1.01
8:09AM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:12AM
0.48
12:38PM
0.50
12:46AM
0.61
1:26PM
0.62
1:51AM
0.74
3:22PM
0.70
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise---6:37-------6:37-------6:37----
Sunset------6:06-------6:05-------6:04-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------11---------
Temp. °C171717182428272827272626292525242323232432322626
Feels °C (?)171717182326252626252626282325242323222331312626
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