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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 26 Jan 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
20.6° 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 6PM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (26 Jan)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (26 Jan)5ft (1.5m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
3
2
1
2
1
2
0
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)1288889121212121212121212121212121313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)283302351317283221242250246203203213373425387413406400420461468468461454
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
SE
10
SSE
25
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
0
N
5
NNE
10
ENE
15
E
20
E
10
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglassglassglassglassonononononglasscross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:27AM
1.34
8:51PM
1.09
9:45AM
1.23
10:42PM
1.00
11:42AM
1.19
12:48AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:54PM
0.49
2:57AM
0.49
4:28PM
0.57
4:44AM
0.58
6:30PM
0.53
6:48AM
0.53
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise-------5:24-------5:26-------5:26
Sunset--7:14-------7:14-------7:13-----
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------1121--------11
Temp. °C312928262523222223242221212020222425242222222222
Feels °C (?)323232262724222323232224242322242424252425242525
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