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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 18 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
19.4° C
(Which is 3.8°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 12AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (19 Apr)4ft (1.2m)8s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
3
!
2
2
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
E
1.7
ENE
1.3
E
1.2
ENE
1.1
E
1.5
SW
2.1
SW
3.5
SW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)12111111111111888887812121314121414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44666548640128023020313836423421217318955530891507109915175501154988874874849
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NE
20
E
5
NE
10
WNW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NW
10
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:20PM
1.64
4:36AM
1.79
4:57PM
1.60
5:13AM
1.69
5:35PM
1.51
5:53AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:20PM
-0.02
10:50AM
-0.02
10:58PM
0.04
11:27AM
0.07
11:38PM
0.16
12:07PM
0.20
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise-----6:31-------6:31-------6:31--
Sunset5:42-------5:40-------5:39-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201817171718262623212118181822242116151414152222
Feels °C (?)161715141416242525221814131416171414131212131918
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