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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 26 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
19.1° C
(Which is 2.5°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 4AM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 26). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Afternoon (26 Nov)6ft (1.9m)13s
Evening (26 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
1
3
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.9
S
1.6
S
2.2
S
2.5
SE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.4
SSE
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1616151414141313131212121111108988881099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3051345627272122172314691134998914734595518443531730308753908460352284352829
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
5
SSW
20
SE
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
50
ENE
55
ENE
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:53AM
1.22
6:57PM
1.18
7:53AM
1.18
8:03PM
1.10
9:11AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:32AM
0.36
12:56PM
0.52
1:22AM
0.42
2:04PM
0.58
2:28AM
0.48
3:35PM
0.59
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sunrise--4:54-------4:54-------4:54-----
Sunset------6:59-------7:00-------7:00-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------111--11--2
Temp. °C181818242726252321212223242322212222222224242323
Feels °C (?)141718252725262522222325232119192120201920181719
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