Cintsa East surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 SAST
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Cintsa East surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cintsa East sea temperature is
20.8° C
(Which is 2.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cintsa East today?

The current surf forecast for Cintsa East at 10AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

Table - waves today at Cintsa East. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111111111615151414141414131414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33933327626620920511611282796489144183173173131135126136180166158154
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
NNW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
E
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
E
15
ESE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
W
5
NNW
10
SE
15
S
25
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:52AM
1.12
7:31PM
1.00
7:53AM
0.99
10:33PM
0.94
11:19AM
0.97
12:33AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:20PM
0.59
1:37AM
0.70
3:04PM
0.69
4:46AM
0.77
5:50PM
0.64
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-6:24-------6:24-------6:24------
Sunset----5:52-------5:52-------5:51---
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cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
Rain (mm)
---1--1---------------1-
Temp. °C242632282624232221233028262425242324292723232222
Feels °C (?)232632292825242322243128272526252324292722252524
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