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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 07 Feb 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
22.1° C
 (Which is 1.9°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 3AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 07). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (08 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (08 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
3
2
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.6
ESE
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)10101010101010101010612121212121111121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)185151182178178196175117117129154359466618718593494455488531531497463447
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
15
ENE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
15
ESE
30
SE
20
E
25
E
15
E
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
35
E
20
ENE
10
N
15
ENE
10
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:49PM
1.27
7:12AM
1.34
7:16PM
1.15
7:41AM
1.20
7:47PM
1.02
8:21AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:52AM
0.31
1:22PM
0.45
1:19AM
0.45
1:57PM
0.57
1:52AM
0.58
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise-----5:37-------5:39-------5:39--
Sunset7:08-------7:07-------7:07-------
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----2122423111-----------
Temp. °C272525252525252523222323242425262525252322252726
Feels °C (?)262729292827252424212322252325262427262323252724
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