East Pier (Port Alfred) Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.60° S 26.89° E

East Pier (Port Alfred) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's East Pier (Port Alfred) sea temperature is
17.4° C
2.5° 

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


How big are the waves at East Pier (Port Alfred) today (21 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for East Pier (Port Alfred) at 11AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jul)5ft (1.5m)15s
Evening (21 Jul)7ft (2.1m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, strong winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
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)
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
4
4
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
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Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SE
11
1.4
SE
11
0.9
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
15
1.6
SSW
15
1.9
SSW
14
2.2
SSW
14
2.2
SSW
13
2.1
SSW
13
1.9
SSW
13
1.8
SSW
13
1.7
SSW
12
1.7
SSW
12
1.7
SSW
12
1.7
SSW
12
1.7
SSW
12
1.7
SSW
12
1.6
SSW
12
1.5
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
12
2.1
SW
12
3
SW
11
3.5
SSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
455
447
403
880
1091
1475
1770
1643
1551
1226
1083
923
843
830
876
905
866
749
614
530
1229
2253
2364
Wind (km/h)
10
W
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
SSE
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
5
W
15
SSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
40
WSW
25
SW
Wind State
off
off
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:07AM1.11m
8:43PM1.22m
9:04AM1.01m
9:48PM1.11m
10:42AM0.94m
Low Tide
2:13AM0.48m
2:08PM0.46m
3:06AM0.57m
3:01PM0.58m
4:25AM0.63m
4:30PM0.66m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:11
7:11
7:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:24
5:25
5:27
 mm
2
Temp °C
14
14
16
17
16
15
16
15
14
14
19
19
17
15
16
15
15
15
17
17
17
16
15
Feels °C
12
12
15
16
15
13
14
13
12
11
18
17
13
12
13
11
11
12
14
13
12
9
11
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