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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 11 Dec 2025 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
18.4° C
 (Which is 3.7°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 8AM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 11). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (11 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (11 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.8
S
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.6
WSW
1.8
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
1
SW
1.3
SW
0.7
SSW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)111313131110131010101010101010109177910111214
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6276436335564874112122851632025206671571459817727224950311621792246023754531
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
40
NE
35
NE
20
NE
50
W
40
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
NE
15
SE
15
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
1.25
8:40PM
1.05
9:40AM
1.20
10:05PM
0.99
10:55AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48AM
0.40
2:49PM
0.57
2:48AM
0.49
4:11PM
0.60
4:02AM
0.56
5:34PM
0.58
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunrise--4:54-------4:54-------4:54-----
Sunset------7:15-------7:15-------7:16-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------1-1---------
Temp. °C181818212627262425242221202221202019191818202019
Feels °C (?)121212162221212122241515192122202014141211131315
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