Hamburg (Port Alfred) Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape (S) (37 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 18 Nov 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 16.4° 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 1AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 18). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	15s
Afternoon (19 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	14s
Evening (19 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	13s

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

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	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	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	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	4	!	!	!	!	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	10	10	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	19	19	17	16	16	16	15	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	92	79	79	171	146	217	169	151	183	180	138	317	578	595	625	686	2374	4066	5198	5006	4665	4112	3522	3286
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SSE	WSW	SW	WSW	SW	S	SSE	SSE	E	NNW	NW	W	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	WSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:37PM 1.51				2:59AM 1.40				3:06PM 1.53				3:28AM 1.43				3:35PM 1.53				3:57AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)			8:52PM 0.18				8:55AM 0.24				9:19PM 0.15				9:24AM 0.22				9:47PM 0.14				9:54AM 0.23

	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-
Sunset	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	20	19	18	18	19	21	21	20	19	18	17	16	19	22	21	20	19	18	18	17	20	23	22
Feels °C (?)	22	21	19	17	17	16	17	18	18	19	17	16	15	17	18	17	16	18	16	15	14	17	19	17

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