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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 05 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
18.2° C
(Which is 5.3°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 5AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (05 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
4
3
5
2
5
3
2
2
!
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1
E
0.8
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
2.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
Period(s) (?)8812121214141414181716161616151514141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1301371533433432235727901171281824343042132712551341672424781992193918951858170517881770
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
S
10
S
5
SE
10
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
SSW
15
SE
15
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offoffglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:06AM
1.59
5:21PM
1.46
5:30AM
1.49
5:45PM
1.36
5:55AM
1.37
6:11PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:55PM
0.13
11:15AM
0.14
11:20PM
0.21
11:40AM
0.23
11:46PM
0.31
12:06PM
0.34
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise---6:20-------6:22-------6:22----
Sunset------5:58-------5:57-------5:55-
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------111--------------
Temp. °C212020202121212020191819202221191717161721202019
Feels °C (?)222020212222232220171415161716151414131419191918
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