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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 22 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
19.6° C
(Which is 3.4°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 10AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (22 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (22 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
2
!
!
5
!
5
4
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
S
2.3
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)1313131314141716161616151414141313131378888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)430843742440276748892420428436643277290526012320166314841178794673483395376411291400348
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
15
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
N
5
NNE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
ENE
25
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrossglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:37AM
1.36
7:12PM
1.24
7:35AM
1.18
8:35PM
1.12
9:15AM
1.04
10:46PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:53PM
0.36
1:19AM
0.49
1:57PM
0.50
2:54AM
0.63
3:45PM
0.59
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise-6:33-------6:33-------6:35------
Sunset----5:37-------5:37-------5:36---
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161720201816161615161920191917171617222523191918
Feels °C (?)111213131313141514151515141513131212172020161717
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