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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 20 May 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
19.9° C
(Which is 2.4°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 12AM is: 2.1m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.8m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm May 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 May)--
Afternoon (21 May)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (21 May)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 17°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sat
23
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SE
7
1.9
ESE
7
2
ESE
7
1.9
ESE
8
2.1
E
7
1.9
E
7
1.7
E
7
1.5
E
7
1.5
E
7
1.5
E
7
1.6
E
7
1.3
E
7
1.3
E
7
1.1
E
7
1
E
8
0.9
E
8
0.6
E
12
0.8
E
8
0.6
E
12
1
SW
7
0.9
E
11
1.3
SW
8
1.6
SW
8
1.1
SSW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
285
397
440
411
436
347
271
214
199
213
226
158
172
130
111
90
101
74
98
94
196
216
322
199
Wind (km/h)
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
5
W
20
SSW
10
SW
10
W
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
25
SSW
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:24PM1.42m
6:40AM1.34m
7:22PM1.33m
7:38AM1.20m
8:34PM1.25m
8:54AM1.09m
Low Tide
00:31AM0.34m
12:56PM0.30m
1:33AM0.46m
1:55PM0.41m
2:53AM0.56m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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6:54
6:54
6:54
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5:14
5:13
5:13
5:12
1
1
Temp °C
20
19
19
18
17
17
23
25
22
20
20
21
21
21
23
21
18
18
17
17
17
17
20
22
18
18
18
18
16
16
21
22
20
19
18
19
19
18
23
19
18
18
17
17
17
16
18
18
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SE
7
1.7
SE
7
1.8
SE
7
1.9
ESE
8
1.7
ESE
7
1.7
ESE
7
1.5
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
12
0.5
E
9
1.5
E
7
1.4
E
7
1.3
E
7
1.3
E
7
1.1
E
7
1
E
8
0.9
E
8
0.8
E
7
0.8
E
8
0.8
E
8
0.7
E
8
0.9
E
11
0.9
SW
8
1
SSW
9
0.7
E
11
Energy kJ
285
311
349
411
294
286
204
44
39
199
179
158
172
130
111
90
70
74
76
58
196
104
168
114
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SSE
12
0.5
E
10
0.6
E
9
0.4
SE
11
0.6
E
9
0.4
SSW
14
0.5
E
9
0.3
SSW
13
0.3
E
13
0.4
ESE
13
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
12
0.6
S
12
0.6
S
11
0.6
S
11
0.6
S
11
0.6
S
10
0.7
SSW
5
0.6
S
10
0.6
E
11
0.6
SW
8
0.8
E
11
0.7
E
11
0.4
SE
13
Energy kJ
81
45
57
31
58
70
39
35
32
59
79
69
95
85
84
81
75
24
71
94
50
152
114
44
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
E
9
0.4
SSE
12
0.4
SSE
11
0.3
S
15
0.4
SSE
11
0.3
SSW
9
0.4
ESE
11
0.3
S
9
0.3
SSW
13
0.4
S
8
0.4
ESE
13
0.5
E
13
0.5
E
13
0.5
E
13
0.5
E
12
0.5
E
12
0.6
E
12
0.6
S
10
0.6
E
12
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.3
SSW
15
0.3
SSW
15
Energy kJ
41
55
50
39
47
16
43
13
33
22
57
86
84
82
76
73
101
73
98
50
49
31
47
42
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
ENE
10
1.9
ESE
7
2
ESE
7
2.1
E
7
1.9
E
7
1.7
E
7
1.5
E
7
1.5
E
7
1.6
E
6
1.6
E
7
0.4
SW
3
0.7
SSW
4
0.7
SSW
5
1
SW
7
1
SW
8
1.3
SW
8
1.6
SW
8
1.1
SSW
9
Energy kJ
154
397
440
436
347
271
214
199
213
226
3
16
19
86
111
216
322
199
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
Distance (km)
212
179
100
100
1
1
124
144
262
9
1
0
0
0
0
158
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
148
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
5
7
8
7
6
5
5
5
5
6
8
9
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