Port Alfred, South Africa

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PA - Dunes at Rufane's Beach near Port Alfred, South Africa, 2017
Port Alfred. Photo: Josep M. Gracia, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Port Alfred

Port Alfred is a town in Eastern Cape, South Africa. From Port Alfred you can reach 1 surf spot. The nearest is Port Alfred, a surf spot 1.6 km from the centre. Overture lists 58 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites. The nearest airport is ELS, 107 km away.

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Staying in Port Alfred

  • 58 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: ELS, 107 km, PLZ, 126 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Port Alfred.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Surf spots within 20 km of Port Alfred: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Port Alfred1.6 kmabout 5 min by car7 ft576 kJwind from the south-west, 4 knots, good7 ft585 kJwind from the south-west, 15 knots, poor4 ft196 kJwind from the west-north-west, 5 knots, offshore, too small8 ft1038 kJwind from the south-west, 11 knots, poor7 ft694 kJwind from the west, 10 knots, poor8 ft844 kJwind from the east-south-east, 7 knots, fair5 ft281 kJwind from the north-east, 7 knots, too small
All readings for Port Alfred: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Port Alfred, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct55, good7 ft8 ssoft576kJwind from the south-west, 4 knots23°C
Mon 19Oct27, poor7 ft8 smushy585kJwind from the south-west, 15 knots16°C
Tue 20Oct21, too small4 ft7 smushy196kJwind from the west-north-west, 5 knots, offshore21°C
Wed 21Oct30, poor8 ft9 ssoft1,038kJwind from the south-west, 11 knots24°C
Thu 22Oct33, poor7 ft9 ssoft694kJwind from the west, 10 knots21°C
Fri 23Oct37, fair8 ft9 smushy844kJwind from the east-south-east, 7 knots18°C
Sat 24Oct24, too small5 ft9 ssoft281kJwind from the north-east, 7 knots24°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Port Alfred, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Places to eat near Port Alfred

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits