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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 21 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
18.2° C
 (Which is 4.1°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 4AM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.6m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Dec)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (21 Dec)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (21 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.8
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.7
S
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131212121212141313111111101111111111666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22141778148811809488386945212804654234042402351841061541161353341121209285
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
40
E
40
E
45
E
50
E
50
ENE
50
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
35
ENE
45
ENE
50
ENE
50
ENE
45
ENE
30
NE
10
NNE
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:24AM
1.41
4:29PM
1.48
4:56AM
1.43
5:00PM
1.46
5:30AM
1.43
5:32PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:12PM
0.17
10:22AM
0.27
10:43PM
0.15
10:55AM
0.28
11:15PM
0.15
11:29AM
0.30
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Sunrise--4:58-------4:58-------4:58-----
Sunset------7:21-------7:22-------7:22-
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--11---------------1---1
Temp. °C212121202223242322222224272627242424222226252422
Feels °C (?)181919151818191817191920231922192225201924212221
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