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 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's East Pier (Port Alfred) sea temperature is
15.8°C
3.5° 

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 (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for East Pier (Port Alfred) at 2AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 08). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (09 Sep)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (09 Sep)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 32°C on Wed morning, min 18°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Thu morning, light winds from the S by Fri morning).

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
12
0.7
SW
12
0.7
SW
12
0.6
SW
11
0.6
SW
11
0.6
SW
11
0.5
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.7
SW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.7
SSW
17
1
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.6
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
230
180
180
144
142
104
97
76
118
129
180
172
162
162
172
267
518
733
1193
Wind (km/h)
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
20
WSW
25
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:15PM1.43m
2:29AM1.45m
2:52PM1.60m
3:05AM1.55m
3:25PM1.71m
Low Tide
8:26PM0.24m
8:38AM0.13m
9:04PM0.12m
9:12AM0.03m
9:37PM0.03m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:20
6:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:58
5:59
6:00
 mm
Temp °C
25
25
26
25
24
26
32
32
28
27
27
26
18
19
21
22
20
19
19
Feels °C
22
23
24
23
22
24
30
30
25
24
25
24
16
17
17
19
17
17
18
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