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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 19 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
19.1° C
(Which is 4.1°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 1PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)4ft (1.2m)8s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
0
3
2
2
2
2
2
!
2
2
!
4
4
3
3
3
1
3
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.7
NE
0.8
SSW
1.5
ENE
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
3.5
SW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
3
SW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)11117108888681212131212141414141413131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2802302931212631902001731882383359150711162813623115498887487484976785411791652
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNE
20
ENE
5
NE
10
WNW
25
W
20
W
15
W
20
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
SW
15
S
10
SSW
10
W
15
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
onglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:57PM
1.60
5:13AM
1.69
5:35PM
1.51
5:53AM
1.54
6:18PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:50AM
-0.02
10:58PM
0.04
11:27AM
0.07
11:38PM
0.16
12:07PM
0.20
12:22AM
0.31
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise-6:31-------6:31-------6:31------
Sunset----5:40-------5:39-------5:38---
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171826252321232017172124211715141315222220181615
Feels °C (?)151625232523191512131416141412111013191818161211
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