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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 11 Feb 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
22.5° C
(Which is 1.8°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 5PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (11 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (11 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
3
3
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.5
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1
S
1
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1013101011101388877101011131313131313161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12586133102119598561636485103434510379402390390321317312654696784
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
E
10
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
15
ENE
10
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
0.97
12:57AM
0.90
1:14PM
1.04
2:04AM
1.05
2:05PM
1.18
2:37AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:08PM
0.73
6:39AM
0.74
7:52PM
0.60
7:57AM
0.61
8:27PM
0.45
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise-------5:39-------5:41-------5:41
Sunset--7:01-------7:01-------7:00-----
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--1-----111232121-11102111
Temp. °C312725242423232425252423222222222528242321212019
Feels °C (?)332929262524232426262524242424242729262620191716
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