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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 02 May 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
19.5° C
(Which is 2.7°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: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am May 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 May)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (02 May)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (02 May)7ft (2.1m)12s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 26°C on Sun afternoon, min 17°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the SSW by Mon afternoon).

Saturday
2
Sunday
3
Monday
4
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
!
!
!
3
4
4
4
4
3
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SSW
13
2.5
SSW
12
3
SSW
12
3
SSW
12
3
SSW
12
2.3
SW
12
2.2
SW
12
2
SW
12
1.9
SW
11
2
SW
11
1.7
SW
11
1.6
SW
11
1.2
S
11
1.1
S
11
1
S
11
1
S
10
0.9
S
10
0.8
S
14
0.9
S
13
1.3
SW
10
1
S
13
1
S
13
1
S
12
1.7
SW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2206
2068
2208
2357
2357
1420
1302
1022
898
918
635
533
345
284
231
225
171
243
284
361
345
324
299
592
Wind (km/h)
10
N
15
N
15
WNW
25
W
20
SW
15
S
5
NE
5
N
5
W
5
NW
5
N
15
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
30
SW
35
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:46AM1.58m
4:06PM1.47m
4:14AM1.55m
4:34PM1.44m
4:42AM1.49m
5:02PM1.39m
Low Tide
9:59AM0.11m
10:03PM0.18m
10:25AM0.13m
10:32PM0.22m
10:53AM0.18m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
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6:46
6:47
6:48
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5:30
5:30
5:29
1
Temp °C
17
16
18
25
25
22
21
21
20
19
19
23
26
24
22
23
24
23
24
25
23
21
19
19
16
14
14
18
20
19
21
21
20
19
18
20
23
20
20
20
20
19
20
21
19
18
15
16
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SSW
13
2.5
SSW
12
3
SSW
12
3
SSW
12
3
SSW
12
2.3
SW
12
2.2
SW
12
2
SW
12
1.9
SW
11
2
SW
11
1.7
SW
11
1.6
SW
11
1.2
S
11
1.1
SW
10
1
S
11
1
S
10
0.9
S
10
0.9
SW
10
0.9
SW
10
1
S
13
1
S
13
1
S
13
1
S
12
1
S
12
Energy kJ
2206
2068
2208
2357
2357
1420
1302
1022
898
918
635
533
345
231
231
225
171
148
177
361
345
324
299
299
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
ENE
9
0.4
S
16
0.4
S
16
0.4
S
16
0.3
ENE
9
1.4
S
12
1.1
S
12
1.2
S
12
1.3
S
11
1.1
S
12
1.2
S
11
1.1
S
11
1.2
SW
11
1.1
S
11
0.9
SW
10
0.8
WSW
10
0.9
SW
10
0.8
S
10
0.9
S
13
0.7
ENE
7
0.9
SW
11
0.9
SW
11
1
SW
11
0.4
ENE
7
Energy kJ
16
81
81
81
17
584
350
409
433
330
357
295
328
284
145
133
148
130
284
51
187
194
220
20
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NE
9
0.3
ENE
9
0.3
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
8
0.2
ENE
8
0.2
ENE
9
0.5
S
15
0.5
S
15
0.4
SSE
15
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
SSW
17
0.2
SSW
16
0.3
S
15
0.5
S
15
0.8
ENE
5
0.8
S
14
0.7
ENE
6
0.5
S
10
0.6
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.2
SSE
11
Energy kJ
19
17
17
7
7
8
112
110
71
7
7
7
30
26
41
104
37
243
40
48
42
31
30
13
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
9
0.5
ENE
3
0.8
ENE
4
0.9
ENE
4
0.9
ENE
5
1.1
NE
6
0.4
WSW
3
1.3
SW
10
1.1
SSW
4
1.3
SSW
5
1.3
SSW
6
1.7
SW
10
Energy kJ
9
5
16
29
34
69
3
348
44
90
119
592
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
Distance (km)
0
0
16
4
120
120
0
0
0
0
0
19
138
158
19
16
0
2
0
114
329
170
114
120
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South)
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
4
2
3
4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
3
2
2
3
2
3
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
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