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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 15 Jan 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
17.8° C
 (Which is 5.9°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 9AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 17s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 15). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.8
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)99915141381010109887871010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)292320246242281246358865696518355257226207199169149149181146146153159200
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
10
ENE
0
NNE
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:10PM
1.25
2:44AM
1.21
2:49PM
1.35
3:17AM
1.32
3:22PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:55AM
0.55
8:33PM
0.41
8:39AM
0.45
9:07PM
0.30
9:14AM
0.35
9:37PM
0.21
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-5:13-------5:15-------5:15------
Sunset----7:17-------7:17-------7:17---
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
----211--111-1---------1
Temp. °C232427252121212120202121212121212021232423222221
Feels °C (?)212124231921212120202222212222222122232322232523
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