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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 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
17.8° C
(Which is 4.3°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 2PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 11). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (11 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (11 Dec)4ft (1.2m)10s

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

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Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sun
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
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4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131311101010101010610101091817710111114141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6335564874693392912412025781751541372411922112493601212222320784803384027372219
Wind
(km/h)
35
NE
35
NE
30
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
35
NE
15
NNE
45
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
10
SW
20
NE
10
ESE
25
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
20
WSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
1.25
8:40PM
1.05
9:40AM
1.20
10:05PM
0.99
10:55AM
1.19
11:33PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
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
Sun
14
Sunrise4:54-------4:54-------4:54-------
Sunset----7:15-------7:15-------7:16---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C182126272624242423222222212121201819181920191717
Feels °C (?)121622212119212416171822192219151413111313161415
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