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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 09 Apr 2026 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
18.0° C
(Which is 5.0°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 3AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (10 Apr)4ft (1.2m)14s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111111161515141414141313141413131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)268228224224224198251326418573557557526495451500471451509437424411392379
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
N
10
N
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
E
20
E
20
E
10
NE
5
N
10
W
15
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SE
5
NW
5
E
15
E
10
E
15
SE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffoffglassglassoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
crossonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:35PM
0.98
7:57AM
0.98
10:39PM
0.93
11:20AM
0.96
12:32AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:40AM
0.70
3:09PM
0.68
4:51AM
0.75
5:49PM
0.62
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise-----6:28-------6:28-------6:28--
Sunset5:54-------5:53-------5:52-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C272524232323282825262726252224242321222222222323
Feels °C (?)282525242424282625272826242022232222242422242524
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