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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 02 Nov 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
18.2° C
(Which is 2.2°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 3PM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Nov)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (02 Nov)7ft (2.1m)11s
Evening (02 Nov)7ft (2.1m)12s

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

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Sunday
02
Monday
03
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
2
3
4
3
2
2
1
0
0
2
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
4
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2
SW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)121111121212121211111111111112121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)162712349321384119710809208897668147737737878449151010102710271435129012901163936835
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
25
SSW
20
S
10
E
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
E
25
E
25
ENE
20
NE
5
ESE
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
10
SW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:23PM
1.53
1:46AM
1.41
2:01PM
1.67
2:26AM
1.51
2:40PM
1.77
3:04AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:42PM
0.18
7:44AM
0.16
8:20PM
0.04
8:23AM
0.06
8:58PM
-0.05
Sunday
02
Monday
03
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Sunrise-------5:11-------5:09-------5:09
Sunset--6:39-------6:40-------6:42-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191918181716151823252422221817192020201919171618
Feels °C (?)141414171514121521212221231614151615161818161519
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