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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 30 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
20.4° C
(Which is 3.3°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 4AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1.5
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.9
E
2
E
2.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)1111111111111010101010101166778888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)217202198194233229216208204194161174181141253338422408367377341419475707
Wind
(km/h)
0
E
0
SW
0
S
0
NE
10
E
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:25AM
1.49
2:39PM
1.43
2:56AM
1.61
3:10PM
1.51
3:25AM
1.69
3:38PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:11PM
0.28
8:40AM
0.24
8:43PM
0.17
9:09AM
0.14
9:11PM
0.09
9:36AM
0.07
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise---6:16-------6:18-------6:18----
Sunset------6:06-------6:05-------6:02-
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--1----111111-----------
Temp. °C212120202123242322222223232423232323222428282524
Feels °C (?)232423232324262524252425242322222323222428282524
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