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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 23 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
21.1° C
(Which is 2.7°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 1PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 23). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (23 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (23 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.7
S
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
2.4
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.1
E
2.4
ENE
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)1111111111111514141414141414141388888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1401401401732211331229822799799788674684580537434655620709583713438354304
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
10
NE
15
SW
20
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:22PM
1.40
6:43AM
1.43
7:04PM
1.24
7:30AM
1.23
8:08PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:18PM
0.18
12:25AM
0.24
12:57PM
0.35
1:09AM
0.43
1:52PM
0.52
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise-6:11-------6:13-------6:13------
Sunset----6:15-------6:14-------6:12---
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
Rain (mm)
1-------------------13611
Temp. °C212223232221212021212224232222212124323126212121
Feels °C (?)202122222221211920202021202020192023323129222124
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