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East Pier (Port Alfred) surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 SAST
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East Pier (Port Alfred) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's East Pier (Port Alfred) sea temperature is
19.2° C
 (Which is 3.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at East Pier (Port Alfred) today?

The current surf forecast for East Pier (Port Alfred) at 4PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 13). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (13 Jan)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (13 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SSW
1.5
SW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121111111111111117111413121211111211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)875700626605472407393325314308263233224191219496874902228620471736142213721126
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
S
5
NE
10
E
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
10
ESE
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
SSW
30
S
30
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		ononononcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:06PM
1.09
1:08AM
0.99
1:19PM
1.15
2:03AM
1.10
2:09PM
1.24
2:43AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:52PM
0.59
6:54AM
0.63
7:52PM
0.50
7:56AM
0.54
8:32PM
0.40
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise-------5:16-------5:16-------5:18
Sunset--7:25-------7:24-------7:24-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1--1111---
Temp. °C252524222121202224252423232121222220201920191919
Feels °C (?)252523232324232323242425231919181816161617161616
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