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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 08 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
18.3° C
(Which is 4.8°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 12AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
S
1
S
1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121111111111111616151514141414131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1009847706603432285280237268233224224198173251326418648630557526495451500
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
20
NE
10
NE
5
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
15
ENE
20
NW
10
W
15
NNW
5
NW
5
W
5
NW
5
SE
20
ESE
15
ENE
5
N
5
W
10
WNW
5
W
15
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscrossoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:43PM
1.11
6:53AM
1.10
7:35PM
0.98
7:57AM
0.98
10:39PM
0.93
11:20AM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:44AM
0.57
1:22PM
0.59
1:40AM
0.70
3:09PM
0.68
4:51AM
0.75
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-----6:26-------6:28-------6:28--
Sunset5:57-------5:54-------5:53-------
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------2--------------
Temp. °C232324252527322826222424232328282626262524222424
Feels °C (?)192224252526322724232325242328272627272525222323
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