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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 29 Mar 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
20.4° 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 3PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (29 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (29 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
1.6
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
Period(s) (?)12121111111111111111111110101010101011106777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)583521337263268217217202198194191229216208204194161174181141166278303333
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
WSW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SE
0
ENE
0
NE
0
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
E
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:05PM
1.31
2:25AM
1.49
2:39PM
1.43
2:56AM
1.61
3:10PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:06AM
0.37
8:11PM
0.28
8:40AM
0.24
8:43PM
0.17
9:09AM
0.14
9:11PM
0.09
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
Sunrise-6:16-------6:16-------6:18------
Sunset----6:07-------6:06-------6:05---
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clear
clear
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
light rain
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cloud
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191923232221212020202222232323232223232523242423
Feels °C (?)191923222223232222222423252424242425242522252524
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