Tubes surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 19 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
19.3° 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 12PM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)7ft (2.1m)10s
Afternoon (19 Apr)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)7ft (2.1m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
3
3
2
2
3
5
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
3
WSW
4.5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
Period(s) (?)101010101012111112121212121214141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11128257426145851141229249687232713165805980460152595095446741663980402238974690630265166039
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
15
S
10
N
20
NW
45
WSW
30
W
30
WNW
40
W
40
WSW
30
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
W
30
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:56PM
1.63
5:11AM
1.72
5:36PM
1.54
5:53AM
1.57
6:21PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:49AM
-0.02
10:57PM
0.07
11:27AM
0.08
11:39PM
0.19
12:09PM
0.22
12:26AM
0.34
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise-6:45-------6:46-------6:47------
Sunset----5:52-------5:51-------5:50---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151624272019201515151819171614141314192119171717
Feels °C (?)12131922171715688910101311111011161413111213
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