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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 19 Jan 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
18.7° C
 (Which is 4.9°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 2PM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 19). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (19 Jan)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (19 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
0
0
0
3
2
2
3
2
0
0
0
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)1212121212111111111111119999911131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)141111941044956889780617572505476505730605521415406337467865757688536536500
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
WSW
20
S
25
S
20
S
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
20
W
25
SW
25
S
20
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
20
ENE
30
E
40
E
40
ENE
35
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crossoncross-
on		onglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:22PM
1.54
4:48AM
1.55
4:52PM
1.56
5:17AM
1.59
5:22PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:18AM
0.21
10:34PM
0.06
10:49AM
0.17
11:02PM
0.03
11:21AM
0.16
11:31PM
0.03
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
Sunrise-5:18-------5:20-------5:20------
Sunset----7:21-------7:21-------7:20---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171921222221201818202121202020201920222222222019
Feels °C (?)151718181921191616171718171819191817171616181717
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