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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 10 Apr 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
20.4° C
(Which is 2.9°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 9PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (10 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
0
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)101515141414141413141414131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5189144183173173131135126136180166158154149145142136989681109107106
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
15
SE
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
0
ESE
0
WSW
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:33PM
0.94
11:19AM
0.97
12:33AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:04PM
0.69
4:46AM
0.77
5:50PM
0.64
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise-------6:24-------6:26-------6:26
Sunset--5:52-------5:51-------5:49-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C302826252524232224252322212121222425222222222121
Feels °C (?)312827262423222022232324222223242626242525262424
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