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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 10 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
18.8° C
(Which is 4.1°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 3PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (10 Apr)4ft (1.2m)14s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
3
3
3
1
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
0
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)111116151514141414131314141313131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)224198251326418573557557526553451500471458444437424411398330319278273273
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
N
10
ENE
25
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
5
WNW
15
WSW
30
WSW
25
SSW
15
S
5
E
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
SE
10
SE
0
ESE
10
SW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossoncross-
on
glasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:57AM
0.98
10:39PM
0.93
11:20AM
0.96
12:32AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:09PM
0.68
4:51AM
0.75
5:49PM
0.62
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise-6:28-------6:28-------6:28------
Sunset----5:53-------5:52-------5:52---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232328282525262624222424242322222222232323232221
Feels °C (?)242428262626272522202224262423212222242324262423
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