Surf Forecast Surf Report

Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 09 May 2025 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 3.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tubes today?

The current surf forecast for Tubes at 9AM is: 2.1m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am May 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 May)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (09 May)8ft (2.4m)13s
Evening (09 May)7ft (2.2m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSW
2
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
2.3
SSW
3
SW
4.5
SW
6
SW
7
WSW
5.5
WSW
4
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
S
3
SW
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.5
SSW
2.2
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.3
WSW
1.5
S
1.2
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)121414131313121212121211121213131211111312121211111010131012121313131313131313131313131313131313131313121212131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1652159222121995175615691261138411449541059131424575733107331520582284378226123592349178015971645116588467953048742816292672321432143065296830132692256124742221207618471723155814261265120411471050951811488443753777765736723699
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
10
NNW
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
W
5
N
10
WSW
25
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
45
W
50
W
40
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
WSW
15
SSW
5
S
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
10
NE
5
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
SSE
5
NNE
5
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:11PM
1.35
2:19AM
1.53
2:41PM
1.41
2:48AM
1.57
3:10PM
1.46
3:16AM
1.59
3:38PM
1.48
3:45AM
1.58
4:07PM
1.48
4:14AM
1.55
4:36PM
1.45
4:43AM
1.51
5:08PM
1.41
5:15AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:10AM
0.30
8:07PM
0.33
8:37AM
0.23
8:36PM
0.28
9:03AM
0.18
9:05PM
0.25
9:30AM
0.15
9:35PM
0.24
9:58AM
0.16
10:04PM
0.25
10:27AM
0.18
10:34PM
0.28
10:58AM
0.22
11:06PM
0.34
11:31AM
0.28
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise-7:00-------7:01-------7:01-------7:01-------7:03-------7:03-------7:05-------7:05--
Sunset----5:31-------5:30-------5:30-------5:29-------5:29-------5:28-------5:27-------
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Rain (mm)
----------------10111-----------------------------------------
Temp. °C161723302117161516162221181716151316171716151413131418181616151515151821212020212121273125242424242429323127262524233031
Feels °C (?)161724281916141416162016121076610101011131111101116151515141413141619181817171717232823222221201923262824222119202728
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