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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 20 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
20.6° C
 (Which is 3.3°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 10PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)--
Afternoon (20 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (20 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
1
0
3
4
4
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.7
E
1.1
S
0.8
SSW
1.3
E
1.5
E
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.1
E
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.9
SW
1.2
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
S
2.5
S
Period(s) (?)779714813131312121277813131371616161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)127124225971911601985557462632542542483111452802942693057581913222424692643
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
S
0
ESE
5
N
5
N
15
NE
25
ENE
30
E
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
E
15
ESE
30
SW
25
SW
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassglasscrosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:52PM
1.57
5:18AM
1.61
5:22PM
1.56
5:49AM
1.62
5:54PM
1.52
6:21AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:03PM
0.04
11:21AM
0.16
11:32PM
0.03
11:54AM
0.17
12:02AM
0.07
12:29PM
0.21
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise-----5:18-------5:20-------5:20--
Sunset7:16-------7:16-------7:15-------
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C211919181720242524222018182430282623212020222424
Feels °C (?)201920191719212121201917182531292321181618202220
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