East Pier (Port Alfred) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.60° S 26.89° E

Issued: 1 am 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

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

17.2°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 (27 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for East Pier (Port Alfred) at 9AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 27). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (27 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	7s
Evening (27 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Tue morning. Warm (max 23°C on Thu morning, min 16°C on Tue morning). Mainly fresh winds.
	Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28								Thursday 29
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	S 8	SW 10	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 10	SSW 19	SSW 18	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14
Wave Graph
kJ	133	68	33	93	134	127	130	140	117	114	132	129	129	91	176	149	241	312	497	512	627	544	730	691
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	E	E	E	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		3:56AM1.60m				4:09PM1.75m				4:32AM1.57m				4:47PM1.67m					5:10AM1.50m				5:27PM1.55m
Low Tide				9:55AM0.02m				10:24PM-0.02m				10:32AM0.06m					11:01PM0.05m				11:12AM0.15m


	—	5:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:36	—	—
mm	6	18	13	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	17	16	18	20	19	18	18	17	16	18	21	22	21	19	19	18	18	20	23	23	22	20	19
Feels °C	17	13	12	15	16	15	15	14	13	13	15	19	20	19	18	18	17	16	18	20	20	19	18	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	S 8	S 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14
kJ	92	68	29	93	134	127	130	140	117	114	132	129	129	91	176	149	241	245	245	216	627	544	730	691
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 8	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SE 10	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	SSW 19	SSW 18	SSW 16	SE 10	SE 9	SE 10	ESE 10
kJ	34	49	33	51	51	38	40	40	29	16	37	67	61	49	73	71	65	312	497	512	181	203	207	196
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 11	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	WSW 11	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	SW 11	ESE 12	SE 11	SW 20	SW 10	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	SW 9	WSW 10	—
kJ	12	14	26	23	13	5	5	11	5	11	19	9	9	32	15	60	99	50	80	96	108	41	61	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	133	245	226	171	134	161	138	171	176	176	143	114	110	92	94	97	114	73	131	160	245	316	360	456
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	122	120	138	158	383	269	242	152	139	131	120	120	199	120	120	19	19	122	122	131	383	383	158	131
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	2	2					2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4			4	4
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	5	6	4	4	7	5	7	5	7	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	9

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