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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 09 Apr 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
17.5° C
(Which is 5.3°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 6PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
4
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111615151414141413131313131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)280308268308268268268228339417691653617661623543501599590837572486464449
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
SSW
0
ESE
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
N
10
NNE
15
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
0
SSE
10
WSW
10
W
20
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
15
SW
10
E
10
NE
0
NW
10
WNW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crossglassoffoffglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crossglassoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36PM
0.98
7:57AM
0.98
10:43PM
0.93
11:21AM
0.96
12:31AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:22PM
0.59
1:41AM
0.71
3:12PM
0.68
4:54AM
0.75
5:49PM
0.62
6:41AM
0.62
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise-------6:30-------6:31-------6:31
Sunset--5:57-------5:55-------5:54-----
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-11---------------25212-
Temp. °C292624232323222328292625242323222323202020202021
Feels °C (?)292527252425232427282625272323202121202121232122
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