East Pier (Port Alfred) Surf Forecast

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East Pier (Port Alfred) surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 06 Sep 2025 SAST

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East Pier (Port Alfred) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's East Pier (Port Alfred) sea temperature is 18.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at East Pier (Port Alfred) today?

The current surf forecast for East Pier (Port Alfred) at 11PM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (06 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	14s
Evening (06 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	13s

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

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	Saturday 06			Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	2	0	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	3121	2611	2339	1942	1758	1578	1332	1454	1633	1607	1633	1965	2119	2480	2516	2531	2213	2064	1640	1397	1114	959	837	707
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNW	S	S	SSE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:10PM 1.60				3:20AM 1.59				3:40PM 1.73				3:52AM 1.65				4:11PM 1.81				4:25AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)			9:17PM 0.11				9:26AM -0.01				9:49PM 0.00				9:56AM -0.08				10:22PM -0.05				10:28AM -0.10

	Saturday 06			Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tuesday 09
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	17	16	15	16	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	24	23
Feels °C (?)	14	15	14	14	14	16	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	18	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	20	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape (S)

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at East Pier (Port Alfred) (calm at West Bank wx 2 km from East Pier (Port Alfred)). A 3.1m groundswell from the SSW is too big for here
1 hour 24 minutes ago East Pier (Port Alfred)

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