East Pier (Port Alfred) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.60° S 26.89° E

Issued: 7 am 26 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

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

17.9° 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 3PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

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 41mm), 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
	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	3	2	0	1	3	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 14	SSW 13	SW 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	1390	1345	1163	967	782	558	558	492	835	1290	647	626	1217	1221	1098	2241	4888	2963	2576	1873	1822	1797	1534
Wind (km/h)	NNE	N	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on
High Tide					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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	2	8	9	6	2	2	2	2	3
Temp °C	14	14	19	23	21	21	22	22	18	16	18	19	18	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	15
Feels °C	11	10	15	18	16	17	17	16	12	10	13	14	15	15	14	12	9	10	11	12	13	12	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 13	ENE 8	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	1390	1345	1163	967	782	558	558	389	835	105	647	626	1217	1221	689	2241	4888	2963	2576	1873	1822	1797	1534
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	S 16	S 16	SSW 15	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ESE 9	ENE 8	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 17	SSW 17	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	S 12	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 7
kJ	120	107	73	254	251	292	101	125	117	7	69	371	446	795	1098	40	24	14	11	3	226	305	229
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	S 17	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	SE 9	—	S 16	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	—	—	—	—	S 12	S 12	E 9
kJ	—	—	151	39	37	19	276	492	12	—	195	55	49	36	38	37	—	—	—	—	12	3	24
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NE 3	NE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 6	—	WNW 3	SW 12	SW 6	SW 6	SW 7	—	S 7	S 8	—	SSE 7	SE 7	SSE 7	ESE 6	—	—
kJ	—	5	6	8	26	50	136	—	2	1290	171	139	214	—	226	432	—	428	452	440	108	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	3	3
Distance (km)	2	0	2	131	122	19	0	2	4	143	325	325	187	4	65	247	274	383	383	170	19	142	269
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3				5	5	4						4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	5	5

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