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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 20 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
16.6° 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 8AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (20 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (20 Nov)10ft (3.0m)19s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
1
0
0
0
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!
!
!
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0
0
0
!
3
3
3
3
0
2
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313121212191917161616151414141413131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)138170620595625731237453785261506947244230385733804591299825282182190113021632176519031699
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
NW
10
W
15
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
ESE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossononcross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:28AM
1.43
3:35PM
1.53
3:57AM
1.43
4:03PM
1.51
4:26AM
1.42
4:33PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:19PM
0.15
9:24AM
0.22
9:47PM
0.14
9:54AM
0.23
10:16PM
0.16
10:24AM
0.25
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise--4:56-------4:56-------4:56-----
Sunset------6:53-------6:54-------6:55-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181716192121201918171620222121191718182122222119
Feels °C (?)171715171716161817141316171616171515162019201918
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