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 pm 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's East Pier (Port Alfred) sea temperature is
16.1°C
3.4° 

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 (23 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for East Pier (Port Alfred) at 10PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 23). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Sep)--
Afternoon (23 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (23 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Fri afternoon, min 18°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
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
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SW
11
0.8
SW
11
0.8
SW
11
0.7
SW
11
0.6
SW
11
0.6
SW
11
0.7
ESE
10
0.8
S
16
1.1
S
15
1.6
SSW
14
1.7
SSW
14
1.8
SSW
13
1.8
SSW
13
1.7
SSW
13
1.6
SSW
13
1.5
SSW
13
1.5
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
12
1.4
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
145
142
140
112
92
92
94
326
574
994
1065
1089
1094
953
838
722
655
569
560
Wind (km/h)
30
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SSE
10
E
20
ESE
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ESE
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:13PM1.38m
2:21AM1.38m
2:39PM1.52m
2:49AM1.48m
3:05PM1.64m
Low Tide
8:20PM0.32m
8:25AM0.20m
8:47PM0.19m
8:51AM0.10m
9:14PM0.07m
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6:00
5:58
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6:07
6:08
6:09
 mm
Temp °C
20
18
19
19
19
19
20
21
20
18
18
18
18
20
25
27
21
21
21
Feels °C
17
17
18
19
20
21
21
21
19
16
16
17
18
20
25
28
20
19
19
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