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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 07 Jan 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
19.7° C
 (Which is 3.3°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 9AM is: 4.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)15ft (4.5m)12s
Afternoon (07 Jan)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (07 Jan)11ft (3.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
0
2
0
0
4
4
3
3
1
1
!
!
!
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.3
S
1.5
S
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)111212131313131312121212121111111113121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)43415334540855045364461937443115232618771517135512241045901817388787267925032171190318391411
Wind
(km/h)
50
WSW
45
WSW
40
SW
35
SW
25
SSW
10
SSE
15
ENE
15
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
20
E
25
ESE
10
SE
10
WSW
20
WNW
20
WNW
30
W
40
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		ononcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
1.55
6:23PM
1.39
6:56AM
1.48
6:59PM
1.27
7:34AM
1.38
7:37PM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:25PM
0.26
12:31AM
0.17
1:04PM
0.36
1:05AM
0.28
1:45PM
0.46
1:41AM
0.39
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise-5:09-------5:09-------5:11------
Sunset----7:25-------7:25-------7:25---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C212223222220191919222626252320191922232323212121
Feels °C (?)141416161818171715192424262417171516171920191919
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