West Pier (Port Alfred) Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape (S) (37 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.61° S 26.88° E)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 18 Sep 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 17.7° C
(Which is 1.8°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 8PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 3.0m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	12s
Evening (18 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	12s

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

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	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	!	0	0	!	!	!	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2173	2948	2701	2647	2641	2233	1578	1805	1488	1167	1029	900	946	822	797	728	554	528	447	439	367	361	293	288
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SW	SW	SW	W	NW	WNW	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:11PM 1.37				2:23AM 1.36				2:43PM 1.51				2:54AM 1.46				3:11PM 1.61				3:22AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)					8:24PM 0.31				8:31AM 0.22				8:55PM 0.20				8:59AM 0.12				9:22PM 0.12

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	16	18	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	21	23	23	19	17	16	15	16
Feels °C (?)	12	11	10	11	13	12	14	15	14	12	11	10	10	9	10	11	16	19	23	14	12	13	12	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape (S)

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at West Pier (Port Alfred) (calm at West Bank wx 1 km from West Pier (Port Alfred)). A 3.8m groundswell from the SSW is too big for here
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Actual: 48 min ago

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