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Hamburg (Port Alfred) surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 20 Nov 2025 SAST
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Hamburg (Port Alfred) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hamburg (Port Alfred) sea temperature is
17.8° C
 (Which is 3.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hamburg (Port Alfred) today?

The current surf forecast for Hamburg (Port Alfred) at 7PM is: 2.5m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.6m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 20). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (20 Nov)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (20 Nov)10ft (3.0m)19s

Table - waves today at Hamburg (Port Alfred). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
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!
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!
!
0
0
0
!
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
Period(s) (?)121219191716161615141414141313121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)62568623745378494947754600423052324568360145272745234522111903211622712081183516131216933916
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
10
WSW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
25
SW
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
SW
20
SSE
20
SE
25
ESE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossoncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscrosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:35PM
1.53
3:57AM
1.43
4:03PM
1.51
4:26AM
1.42
4:33PM
1.47
4:56AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:24AM
0.22
9:47PM
0.14
9:54AM
0.23
10:16PM
0.16
10:24AM
0.25
10:46PM
0.19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise------4:56-------4:56-------4:54-
Sunset--6:53-------6:54-------6:55-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212121191817172123232119181919212222211920191922
Feels °C (?)171718191715141717181616161717202020181717161723
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