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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 03 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
22.5° C
(Which is 1.7°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 11AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (03 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (03 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
1
2
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.7
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.5
E
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.5
ENE
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)13131313131212121212111111117881312128121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)735608437361350267250246196193126158170167277408287264220258298230206206
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NNE
15
NE
20
E
20
ENE
15
NNE
5
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
5
W
10
NE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
NNE
5
S
0
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:03PM
1.62
4:22AM
1.76
4:32PM
1.63
4:49AM
1.76
4:59PM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:02AM
0.06
10:08PM
-0.02
10:31AM
0.03
10:35PM
-0.03
10:57AM
0.04
11:00PM
0.00
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise-5:56-------5:58-------5:58------
Sunset----6:40-------6:39-------6:37---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------53-
Temp. °C151825272522201919212527262322222224262825232223
Feels °C (?)131523242423222020232627262323232326283128262527
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