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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 06 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
21.8° C
(Which is 2.3°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 4AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 06). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
!
!
!
4
4
4
3
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.7
SW
2.4
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
Period(s) (?)1212121212121211111111791111111212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2062062032221991581561151091099826393322732228304019021747174716021423123311041107
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
0
NNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
S
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
15
SW
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
0
WSW
0
E
5
E
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassoffoffcross-
off
crossglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:15AM
1.71
5:24PM
1.55
5:40AM
1.63
5:49PM
1.46
6:03AM
1.52
6:12PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:00PM
0.00
11:23AM
0.08
11:25PM
0.07
11:47AM
0.15
11:50PM
0.17
12:11PM
0.25
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise---5:58-------6:00-------6:01----
Sunset------6:37-------6:36-------6:35-
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
3---1-2-11--------11----
Temp. °C232222222425232323222020202220191818181821212120
Feels °C (?)262625242627262727231714131515161718191819181818
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