Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 02 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
17.6° C
(Which is 4.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 7AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 02). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (02 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (02 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
0
2
3
3
2
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131212121212131313121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)390357347380537545600555590761700712105310531021773683614555349427283242211
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNW
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
10
S
15
S
10
SE
5
WSW
15
WSW
25
W
15
WNW
15
W
5
SW
10
ESE
25
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononcross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:47AM
1.76
4:02PM
1.61
4:13AM
1.74
4:28PM
1.60
4:39AM
1.69
4:54PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:35PM
0.07
10:00AM
0.04
10:02PM
0.07
10:25AM
0.05
10:27PM
0.10
10:49AM
0.09
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise---6:31-------6:33-------6:33----
Sunset------6:14-------6:13-------6:10-
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------41242-----
Temp. °C202020212624242221202123282523202020201921212018
Feels °C (?)212122222724262521192124302622202120201819191817
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