East Pier (Port Alfred) Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.60° S 26.89° E

East Pier (Port Alfred) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's East Pier (Port Alfred) sea temperature is
17.7°C
1.6° 

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 (04 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for East Pier (Port Alfred) at 6PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 2.2m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 04). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)11ft (3.5m)10s
Afternoon (04 Sep)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (04 Sep)7ft (2.1m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon morning, min 15°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the ESE on Sat night, strong winds from the ENE by Mon morning).

Fri
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SE
9
3
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.1
SE
8
2.1
SE
8
1.8
SE
8
1.7
SE
8
1
SSW
12
1.5
SSW
11
1.6
SSW
11
1.6
SSW
11
1.6
SSW
11
1.6
SSW
11
1.5
SSW
10
1.5
SSW
10
1.1
SSW
24
1.5
SSW
22
1.9
SSW
20
2.3
SSW
19
3.5
SSW
18
3.5
SSW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1081
1477
1175
588
585
437
352
265
494
551
541
551
551
460
451
1354
2142
3074
3933
6835
6678
Wind (km/h)
30
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
E
25
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
E
30
E
30
E
35
E
40
ENE
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:26PM1.15m
9:34AM0.98m
10:52PM1.07m
12:18PM1.05m
Low Tide
1:50PM0.51m
3:08AM0.59m
3:49PM0.65m
5:46AM0.59m
6:29PM0.58m
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cloud
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:55
5:55
5:57
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
16
15
16
15
15
15
15
16
16
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
9
10
9
10
10
10
10
11
12
12
13
13
14
14
14
12
11
12
12
11
10
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