Hamburg (Port Alfred) Surf Forecast

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 31 Aug 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 18.4° C
(Which is 1.2°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: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 31). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Aug)	5.5ft (1.7m)	14s
Afternoon (31 Aug)	8ft (2.5m)	13s
Evening (31 Aug)	7ft (2.1m)	8s

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

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	Sunday 31					Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	8	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	961	1957	2310	1011	879	874	1647	2129	2215	1650	1337	1144	920	872	747	777	883	777	743	681	681	947	742	775
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				7:48PM 1.06					8:22AM 0.90				10:09PM 0.96					12:42PM 0.92				12:51AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)		1:25PM 0.60					2:28AM 0.68				2:39PM 0.73					5:52AM 0.70				6:26PM 0.72				7:22AM 0.56

	Sunday 31					Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	19	19	18	17	16	15	16	17	17	18	18	17	17	16	22	22	21	22	23	19	17	16
Feels °C (?)	18	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	12	12	12	13	14	13	15	13	18	18	18	23	22	15	12	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape (S)

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Hamburg (Port Alfred) (fresh winds from the SW at East London Airport 43 km from Hamburg (Port Alfred)). A 3.1m groundswell from the SW is too big for here
1 hour 54 minutes ago Hamburg (Port Alfred)

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43 km away, 1 h 54 min ago

35 km/h

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18.4

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