East Pier (Port Alfred) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.60° S 26.89° E

Issued: 1 am 26 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

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

17.7° 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 (26 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Jul, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 12s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for East Pier (Port Alfred) at 10AM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (26 Jul)	6.5ft (2.0m)	12s
Afternoon (26 Jul)	5.5ft (1.7m)	12s
Evening (26 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 49mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 23°C on Sun afternoon, min 14°C on Sun morning). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	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)	3	3	3	3	2	0	1	3	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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 17	SSW 16	S 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14
Wave Graph
kJ	1631	1390	1345	1062	967	782	625	558	485	416	751	636	703	746	1221	1098	2241	4541	2751	2303	1873	1670	1578	1534
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SE	SE	SE	SE	E	E	ESE	ESE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	on	on	on
High Tide	1:54AM1.19m					2:30PM1.17m				2:35AM1.29m				3:05PM1.28m				3:09AM1.38m				3:36PM1.38m
Low Tide				8:19AM0.44m				8:27PM0.48m				8:54AM0.33m				9:03PM0.38m				9:24AM0.24m				9:35PM0.30m


	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	5	17	17	1	—	1	2	1
Temp °C	14	14	14	19	23	21	21	21	22	18	16	18	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	16	15
Feels °C	11	11	10	15	18	16	17	16	16	12	10	13	15	15	16	14	13	9	9	11	13	11	12	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 16	S 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14
kJ	1631	1390	1345	1062	967	782	625	558	389	416	751	636	703	746	1221	689	2241	4541	2751	2303	1873	1670	1578	1534
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 9	S 16	S 16	SSW 15	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 17	SSW 17	S 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 8	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 7	S 7
kJ	134	120	107	67	254	251	292	98	121	114	83	69	371	446	795	1098	290	24	25	272	429	365	153	100
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	—	—	S 17	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 14	ESE 9	S 16	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 7	ENE 8	—	—	—	ENE 7	S 12	S 8	E 9
kJ	2	—	—	151	39	37	19	276	485	372	7	195	54	48	35	154	40	—	—	—	5	3	153	25
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NE 3	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 6	—	W 3	WSW 5	SW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	—	S 7	—	—	SE 7	ESE 7	E 7	E 7	—	ESE 7
kJ	—	—	7	5	9	26	50	131	—	4	95	120	120	136	—	282	—	—	466	206	181	134	—	177
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	3	4
Distance (km)	2	2	2	2	131	131	19	0	2	4	142	305	325	187	4	114	65	166	274	383	728	158	142	290
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4			5	4		5					4	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	5	5	5	7	5	5

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