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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 03 Apr 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
18.2° C
(Which is 4.7°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 8PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 03). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (03 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
3
1
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
3
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.5
SW
1.9
SW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
4
SW
Period(s) (?)12131313131212121212111111111181011131213171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23643049456347142838441435530925017997142142138468831174818392219635852717795
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
20
E
5
ESE
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
5
WNW
10
NE
5
SSE
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:30PM
1.55
4:41AM
1.64
4:55PM
1.50
5:05AM
1.57
5:20PM
1.43
5:29AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
0.04
10:29PM
0.08
10:50AM
0.08
10:54PM
0.14
11:15AM
0.15
11:19PM
0.22
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise-------6:26-------6:26-------6:26
Sunset--6:05-------6:04-------6:02-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------1211----------1---
Temp. °C252825222221212124232221212019191920211919181817
Feels °C (?)282827212221242326232119191817181819191814111110
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