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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 05 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
18.1° 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 6AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 05). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (05 Apr)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (05 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
4
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0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
1
SW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)11111181011111415171616161616151514141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)142755811341671677723443901726672656816673173817938648249704228398536013307328230452852
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
35
W
35
WSW
45
SW
40
SW
30
WSW
25
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
S
20
ESE
20
E
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:06AM
1.57
5:21PM
1.44
5:30AM
1.47
5:45PM
1.34
5:55AM
1.35
6:12PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:55PM
0.13
11:15AM
0.14
11:20PM
0.21
11:40AM
0.23
11:46PM
0.32
12:07PM
0.34
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise---6:24-------6:24-------6:24----
Sunset------6:00-------5:59-------5:58-
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------121--------------
Temp. °C212019192021201919191918212220181717161720192019
Feels °C (?)201918182021201918141513141413131313121418171716
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