East Pier (Port Alfred) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.60° S 26.89° E

Issued: 1 am 25 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

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

18.2° 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 (25 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Jul, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Jul, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for East Pier (Port Alfred) at 10AM is: 2.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (25 Jul)	6.5ft (2.0m)	14s
Afternoon (25 Jul)	6.5ft (2.0m)	14s
Evening (25 Jul)	7ft (2.2m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 22°C on Sun afternoon, min 14°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the WSW by Mon morning).
	Saturday 25								Sunday 26								Monday 27
	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	3	3	3	1	0	2	3	2	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SSW 14	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 17	SSW 18
Wave Graph
kJ	2230	2033	1874	1579	1280	1405	1619	1682	1631	1390	1345	1163	967	864	625	549	485	409	751	727	746	759	939	1111
Wind (km/h)	N	WNW	W	WSW	SSW	SSE	ENE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	N	NW	W	W	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on
High Tide	00:57AM1.11m				1:46PM1.07m				1:54AM1.19m					2:30PM1.17m				2:35AM1.29m				3:05PM1.28m
Low Tide			7:32AM0.54m				7:41PM0.58m					8:19AM0.44m				8:27PM0.48m				8:54AM0.33m				9:03PM0.38m


	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:29	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3
Temp °C	14	14	14	16	17	15	15	15	14	14	14	18	22	20	20	20	20	19	16	18	19	18	16	17
Feels °C	11	11	11	13	15	14	14	13	11	11	11	14	17	15	16	16	15	14	10	13	15	14	14	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SSW 14	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 18
kJ	2230	2033	1874	1579	1280	1405	1619	1682	1631	1390	1345	1163	967	864	625	549	485	409	751	727	746	759	771	1111
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	S 16	S 16	SSW 15	ENE 6	SW 11	S 14	ENE 7	ENE 8	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 17	SSW 12
kJ	202	232	284	246	226	192	185	157	110	96	83	65	330	251	365	80	309	372	78	66	376	527	939	527
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	—	—	—	E 10	—	—	—	E 10	—	—	S 17	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSW 14	ENE 7	ENE 7	ESE 9	S 16	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	84	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	2	—	—	144	39	37	20	276	99	108	7	195	47	34	34	27
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 6	—	W 2	WSW 4	SW 5	SSW 6	SSW 6	S 6	S 7
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	7	26	50	127	—	1	34	80	105	127	161	329
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	5	3	4
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	4	131	19	2	2	2	2	2	131	131	19	0	0	0	137	300	329	325	170	114
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	8	5	3	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	8	6	6	9	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	5	5

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