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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 10 Apr 2026 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
18.5° C
(Which is 4.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for East Pier (Port Alfred) at 6PM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (10 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (10 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
3
3
1
1
2
1
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)151514141414131313131313131313121212121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)339417691653617661623494509525517711700604529449435428421378371365353329
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
15
ESE
20
ENE
15
NE
5
N
10
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
15
SSW
5
SSW
0
NW
5
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:43PM
0.93
11:21AM
0.96
12:31AM
1.07
12:42PM
1.08
1:13AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:12PM
0.68
4:54AM
0.75
5:49PM
0.62
6:41AM
0.62
6:49PM
0.49
7:24AM
0.45
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise-------6:31-------6:31-------6:31
Sunset--5:55-------5:54-------5:53-----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------1------1---
Temp. °C302827252626212122232121212121222324232220202020
Feels °C (?)302827252726181821232324232221222324232421202021
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