East Pier (Port Alfred) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.60° S 26.89° E

Issued: 1 pm 25 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

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

17.7° 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 (25 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Jul, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for East Pier (Port Alfred) at 9PM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (25 Jul)	7ft (2.1m)	14s
Afternoon (25 Jul)	6.5ft (2.0m)	14s
Evening (25 Jul)	7ft (2.2m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 22°C on Sun afternoon, min 14°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Sat night, fresh winds from the WSW by Mon morning).
	Sat 25					Sunday 26								Monday 27
	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)	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	1	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SSW 14	SSW 13	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 17	SSW 18
Wave Graph
kJ	1579	1280	1405	1619	1682	1631	1390	1345	1163	967	782	625	558	485	835	1385	636	626	636	795	1111
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SSW	SSE	ENE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	N	NW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		1:46PM1.07m				1:54AM1.19m					2:30PM1.17m				2:35AM1.29m				3:05PM1.28m
Low Tide				7:41PM0.58m					8:19AM0.44m				8:27PM0.48m				8:54AM0.33m				9:03PM0.38m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	5:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:29	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1
Temp °C	16	17	15	15	15	14	14	14	18	22	21	20	21	21	18	15	18	19	17	17	16
Feels °C	13	15	14	14	13	11	11	11	14	17	16	16	16	16	12	9	13	14	13	11	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 13	ENE 8	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13
kJ	1579	1280	1405	1619	1682	1631	1390	1345	1163	967	782	625	558	389	835	83	636	626	636	739	610
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	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 18
kJ	246	226	192	185	157	134	120	107	55	254	251	292	98	121	111	7	67	371	534	795	1111
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 10	—	—	—	E 10	—	—	S 17	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	SE 9	—	S 16	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	—	2	—	—	—	2	—	—	151	39	37	19	276	485	12	—	195	49	35	36	40
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 6	—	W 3	SW 12	SW 6	SW 6	SSW 7	SSW 7	S 8
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	5	8	26	62	136	—	4	1385	161	195	218	212	446
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4
Distance (km)	0	4	152	19	2	2	2	2	2	138	131	19	0	0	4	152	325	329	122	170	170
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Rating (10 max)	4	4		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4				4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	6
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Rating (10 max)	5	8	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	6

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