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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 22 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
21.6° C
(Which is 2.6°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: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (22 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (22 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
3
0
0
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
E
2
E
2
E
2
E
2
E
2.3
ENE
2.3
ENE
1.8
E
1.8
E
2.3
ENE
1.5
E
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.1
E
0.7
SSW
1
SSW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)677777788888787788898131311
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)134204229232393396419442561561377377560315301319452339324290177170321703
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
5
NNE
10
N
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
SE
30
W
25
W
20
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:27AM
1.63
6:39PM
1.40
7:04AM
1.48
7:18PM
1.25
7:49AM
1.31
8:12PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:39PM
0.20
12:43AM
0.20
1:19PM
0.34
1:23AM
0.36
2:10PM
0.50
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise-5:48-------5:50-------5:50------
Sunset----6:51-------6:50-------6:49---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------2411----17-1-
Temp. °C222327282624242323242624222223222224272723222123
Feels °C (?)242426272523242323242727242223232426292820201920
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