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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 21 Feb 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
19.2° C
(Which is 4.9°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 12AM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)--
Afternoon (22 Feb)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (22 Feb)6ft (1.8m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.9
ESE
1.6
SE
1.2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.9
ESE
2.1
E
2
E
2
E
2.1
E
2
E
2.4
ENE
2
E
2.2
ENE
1.7
E
1.7
ENE
1.5
E
2.1
ENE
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)777777777778888888888999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)371325362258160295310362428399434514478623466528346336253495382386292258
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
WSW
0
SSE
5
SSE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:05PM
1.52
6:27AM
1.63
6:39PM
1.40
7:04AM
1.48
7:18PM
1.25
7:49AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:09AM
0.07
12:39PM
0.20
12:43AM
0.20
1:19PM
0.34
1:23AM
0.36
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise-----5:48-------5:50-------5:50--
Sunset6:52-------6:51-------6:50-------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
1111-----------11010----11
Temp. °C242324232224282826242424242426242222232322232425
Feels °C (?)252426252426282725232324242427262424232424262727
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