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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 08 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
17.6° C
(Which is 5.2°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 4PM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 1.5m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)7ft (2.2m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131212121212121111111111111116151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18151497136512111025876668569411353280314268308304304268233367417785799671661
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
35
ENE
20
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
20
NW
10
WSW
5
SSW
15
N
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NE
15
ESE
10
E
5
NNE
10
WNW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:20AM
1.23
6:43PM
1.10
6:52AM
1.10
7:36PM
0.98
7:57AM
0.98
10:43PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:37PM
0.47
12:44AM
0.57
1:22PM
0.59
1:41AM
0.71
3:12PM
0.68
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise-6:28-------6:28-------6:30------
Sunset----5:59-------5:57-------5:55---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171824272423252526262831272422232224292928262625
Feels °C (?)141621242023252425252630282321232224282829282524
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