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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 21 Feb 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
18.6° C
(Which is 5.0°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 9PM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 21). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (21 Feb)7ft (2.2m)7s
Evening (21 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ESE
2.2
SE
2
ESE
2.1
ESE
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
S
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)777711771010141313131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27848734939794765949253360119176232229282289267258254250199199260
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
E
35
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
E
45
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
5
NNE
35
SE
10
NNW
25
W
55
WSW
45
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossoncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:04PM
1.50
6:26AM
1.61
6:39PM
1.37
7:03AM
1.47
7:19PM
1.22
7:50AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:04PM
0.09
12:07AM
0.08
12:39PM
0.20
12:42AM
0.21
1:20PM
0.34
1:23AM
0.37
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise-------5:52-------5:54-------5:54
Sunset--6:58-------6:57-------6:55-----
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1111----------1--14106-21
Temp. °C222222232324232427272624242424242626212122222121
Feels °C (?)202019202123222224242220202325252826221824211415
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