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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 01 Dec 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
16.3° C
(Which is 5.6°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 9AM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 01). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Dec)7ft (2.1m)13s
Afternoon (01 Dec)6ft (1.9m)13s
Evening (01 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

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Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thu
04
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
0
2
2
4
4
3
2
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)131313131313141413131313131212121111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17531597140512891060890734899111012641134145287677110531001828772745643338384371461
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
ENE
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
ENE
10
NNE
5
W
10
WSW
25
WSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:42PM
1.46
1:16AM
1.29
1:32PM
1.57
2:05AM
1.40
2:20PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:14AM
0.37
7:09PM
0.25
7:10AM
0.27
7:57PM
0.14
8:01AM
0.18
8:41PM
0.06
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thu
04
Sunrise4:52-------4:52-------4:52-------
Sunset----7:04-------7:05-------7:05---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C172021222220201919222322201919181818191918181818
Feels °C (?)172019202018212119191817171718171716161515161616
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