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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 29 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
16.7° C
 (Which is 6.0°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 10AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Dec)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (29 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (29 Dec)2ft (0.6m)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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Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thu
01
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
1.3
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)101056610101099999912121211111111131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)98797915722760593331311414141315142143414040657394
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
ENE
35
E
35
E
40
E
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
45
ENE
50
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
30
ENE
20
ENE
10
NE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
5
SSE
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:42AM
1.30
11:31PM
1.08
12:04PM
1.34
12:52AM
1.16
1:14PM
1.42
1:55AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:57AM
0.47
5:22PM
0.46
5:24AM
0.47
6:41PM
0.38
6:46AM
0.41
7:44PM
0.27
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thu
01
Sunrise-5:03-------5:03-------5:03------
Sunset----7:24-------7:24-------7:24---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C202224242322212120232525242222212123252424232322
Feels °C (?)192021201918171716202120181717192125262524242723
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