Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am 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 2PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

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
Wed
08
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
7
7
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
2.4
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)91011131314161616161515141414141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)552125422283477487351181091710400983411174114029814864974186583555345774245365133993066217717661960
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
WNW
15
WSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
ESE
20
SE
25
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:04AM
1.61
5:20PM
1.47
5:29AM
1.50
5:45PM
1.37
5:54AM
1.38
6:12PM
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
Wed
08
Sunrise-6:35-------6:35-------6:35------
Sunset----6:09-------6:08-------6:07---
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181820201918181817171920191817161616191919181717
Feels °C (?)171719171616151413121313141514131415171615171616
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