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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 03 Mar 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
20.8° C
(Which is 2.8°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 12PM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (03 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (03 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
4
1
2
3
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121211111111111010101212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)152812071083857802710615509379311359450533450433494680795795795795706782769
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
25
NNE
10
N
20
SE
15
SE
5
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
NE
10
E
25
E
30
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
0
N
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:51AM
1.69
4:02PM
1.60
4:20AM
1.74
4:31PM
1.61
4:48AM
1.74
4:58PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:01AM
0.05
10:07PM
-0.02
10:30AM
0.02
10:34PM
-0.03
10:57AM
0.04
10:59PM
0.01
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise-6:01-------6:01-------6:03------
Sunset----6:45-------6:45-------6:44---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------------------13021
Temp. °C171823232322191818192224252324232223262523232221
Feels °C (?)141422202122171717192222242325272223262524242521
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