West Pier

UPDATE MONDAY AUGUST 25 (Source: South African Police Service): “We can confirm that today, 25/8 Port Alfred SAPS received a report of a body that was spotted along Port Alfred beach. The body was retrieved from the water and positively…

A man swept off West Pier, Port Alfred, owes his life to a combination of a quick response and determination, along with the NSRI’s Pink Buoy project. The man, in his early 20s, was spotted as waves washed him off the pier into the the…

Wind and wave action has built up a sand bank against the West Pier at the Kowie River mouth. Some also attribute the silting to the lack of strong flow scouring the river mouth on an outgoing tide due to the lack of rain inland.