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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 21 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
21.4° C
 (Which is 2.5°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 1PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (21 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
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)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
3
4
3
!
3
3
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
1.1
S
0.8
SSW
1.3
E
1.4
E
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
S
1.7
ENE
0.9
SSW
1.1
E
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
1.2
S
2
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
Period(s) (?)148131313121212712813131312161616151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19116019855564926325434428520614628029426931973419135766254328142987277527752471
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
NE
25
ENE
30
E
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
ENE
10
ESE
15
SE
30
SW
25
SW
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
S
15
S
5
SSW
5
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassoncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossglasscross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:22PM
1.56
5:49AM
1.62
5:54PM
1.52
6:21AM
1.61
6:27PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:21AM
0.16
11:32PM
0.03
11:54AM
0.17
12:02AM
0.07
12:29PM
0.21
12:34AM
0.13
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise-5:18-------5:20-------5:20------
Sunset----7:16-------7:15-------7:15---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C172025252421191918243028262321212122242423211918
Feels °C (?)171922212118181818253129232118181819202121221918
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