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 beginners: 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 beginner 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.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Spot

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Port Alfred1.6 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

5 ft340 kJ

4 ft141 kJ

4 ft235 kJ

6 ft490 kJ

8 ft836 kJ

4 ft216 kJ

2 ft36 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Port Alfred, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	18, poor	5 ft9 ssoft	340kJ	wind from the south-west, 13 knots	16°C
Tue 20Oct	48, good	4 ft8 smushy	141kJ	wind from the south, 2 knots	21°C
Wed 21Oct	30, poor	4 ft8 ssoft	235kJ	wind from the west, 5 knots	24°C
Thu 22Oct	8, poor	6 ft9 ssoft	490kJ	wind from the south-west, 13 knots	21°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	8 ft9 ssoft	836kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 11 knots	18°C
Sat 24Oct	50, good	4 ft9 smushy	216kJ	wind from the south, 6 knots	24°C
Sun 25Oct	17, too small	2 ft7 smushy	36kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 10 knots	22°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

The Links RestaurantAfrican · 0.1 km from the centre
WimpyBurger · 0.7 km from the centre
Debonairs Pizza Port AlfredPizza · 0.8 km from the centre
Hungry Lion Port Alfred Heritage MallChicken · 0.8 km from the centre
Guido'sItalian · 0.9 km from the centre
Friend HouseChinese · 1.0 km from the centre

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

Port Alfred, South Africa