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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 27 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
20.1° C
(Which is 3.6°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 5PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (27 Mar)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (27 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
0
3
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
Period(s) (?)12887711118886671011111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2372602803053241571511351119091155202404544494394263268268217217205242
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
20
NE
10
N
20
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
15
SW
20
SW
30
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
0
WSW
5
WSW
0
W
0
NNE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:01PM
1.04
12:58AM
1.15
1:21PM
1.17
1:49AM
1.33
2:05PM
1.31
2:25AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:32PM
0.58
7:19AM
0.53
7:33PM
0.42
8:06AM
0.37
8:11PM
0.28
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise-------6:15-------6:16-------6:16
Sunset--6:09-------6:07-------6:07-----
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--12-----121------------
Temp. °C272724232322222323232120191919192323212120201920
Feels °C (?)282727242625242423202120191919182222212322222122
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