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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 30 Mar 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
17.9° C
(Which is 5.1°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: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (30 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (30 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.5
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.7
E
1.7
E
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1111111011101010101066101010101114141514131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)572533314255337306294300289248197205173136987355636676110101137161
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
20
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
45
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
20
ENE
5
SSE
5
SE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:23AM
1.48
2:38PM
1.41
2:54AM
1.60
3:08PM
1.50
3:23AM
1.67
3:37PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
0.27
8:39AM
0.23
8:41PM
0.16
9:08AM
0.13
9:10PM
0.09
9:36AM
0.06
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise---6:22-------6:22-------6:24----
Sunset------6:10-------6:08-------6:07-
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-------1-11------------1
Temp. °C201919202122222221222223262524232324232427252423
Feels °C (?)212020222222212019212223242121192022222328292826
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