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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 09 Jan 2026 SAST
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West Pier (Port Alfred) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's West Pier (Port Alfred) sea temperature is
18.9° C
 (Which is 4.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for West Pier (Port Alfred) at 9AM is: 2.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 09). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)8ft (2.4m)11s
Afternoon (09 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
2.4
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.8
S
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1
S
1.6
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)111112121212111111111010101514141313121212121122
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8501340270024662171174514621261819643510442363435100213251110838677579429385313686
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
S
20
S
15
SE
20
E
20
E
20
E
25
E
30
E
40
E
40
E
40
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
25
E
35
E
35
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:34AM
1.38
7:37PM
1.16
8:15AM
1.27
8:22PM
1.05
9:07AM
1.16
9:32PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:45PM
0.46
1:41AM
0.39
2:32PM
0.55
2:24AM
0.51
3:35PM
0.62
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise-5:11-------5:11-------5:13------
Sunset----7:25-------7:25-------7:25---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192123232322212020212222232222232224272728252525
Feels °C (?)151720202020191818181717181819222224272426242627
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