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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 15 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
19.8° C
(Which is 3.5°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 11AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 15). 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 (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (15 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (15 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
0
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.7
ENE
0.8
SSW
1.6
ENE
1.9
ENE
0.7
SSW
1.5
ENE
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)6121267810111212121261577147141413131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)535456128168227363486569400313206230270261379186210180163151147142129
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
20
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
NW
5
NNE
10
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
5
N
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
30
SW
5
N
10
N
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrossglasscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise-6:28-------6:28-------6:30------
Sunset----5:45-------5:45-------5:43---
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----12111----------11--
Temp. °C202024232220181818192426242323212323303222232526
Feels °C (?)181821202020192019202324222123222423293320252525
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