East Pier (Port Alfred) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.60° S 26.89° E

Issued: 1 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's East Pier (Port Alfred) sea temperature is

17.6°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at East Pier (Port Alfred) today (27 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for East Pier (Port Alfred) at 8PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 27). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Afternoon (27 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s
Evening (27 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Wed morning, fresh winds from the ENE by Thu afternoon).
	Tue 27					Wednesday 28								Thursday 29
	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 10	SSW 19	SSW 18	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14
Wave Graph
kJ	77	124	142	149	154	151	151	129	129	129	93	176	149	308	312	497	552	627	544	730	691
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	SSE	S	NE	NNE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			4:09PM1.75m				4:32AM1.57m				4:47PM1.67m					5:10AM1.50m				5:27PM1.55m
Low Tide	9:55AM0.02m				10:24PM-0.02m				10:32AM0.06m					11:01PM0.05m				11:12AM0.15m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:36	—	—
mm	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	20	20	19	18	17	16	18	21	21	20	19	19	18	18	20	22	23	21	20	19
Feels °C	16	16	17	16	14	14	13	16	21	20	20	19	19	18	17	18	19	20	17	17	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	E 7	SE 8	SE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14
kJ	77	124	142	149	154	151	151	129	94	129	93	176	149	308	250	245	245	627	544	730	691
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	SW 12	SE 8	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	SSW 18	SSW 16	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 10
kJ	51	51	38	55	40	29	16	37	129	77	64	47	47	44	43	497	552	220	225	220	200
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	WSW 11	WSW 10	SW 12	SW 11	SE 10	SW 11	SW 10	SW 10	SSW 19	SW 11	SW 10	SW 10	SW 9	SW 9	—
kJ	23	13	5	5	11	5	22	19	67	61	49	73	69	64	312	73	89	100	40	39	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 7	ENE 6	E 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7
kJ	166	176	157	117	171	173	145	118	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	35	56	49	135	212	307
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	158	247	332	99	242	19	119	19	2	122	120	2	2	2	2	122	131	383	366	158	138
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Rating (10 max)	2					2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4			4	4
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	7	5	7	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	9	5

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