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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 01 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
22.0° C
(Which is 1.9°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 1PM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (01 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (01 Mar)11ft (3.5m)14s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
!
2
!
!
!
2
2
2
4
4
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)111212121414141415151414141414141313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5406717671159132151562752488750175190215225152053157012241016735608515431350323250199
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
15
WSW
20
SSW
30
S
30
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
10
SW
5
NNW
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
20
NE
25
E
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:00PM
1.48
3:22AM
1.60
3:33PM
1.57
3:53AM
1.70
4:03PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:57AM
0.25
9:09PM
0.13
9:31AM
0.13
9:40PM
0.03
10:02AM
0.06
10:08PM
-0.02
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise-5:54-------5:56-------5:56------
Sunset----6:43-------6:42-------6:40---
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182124242019181716172121211918171518242624221919
Feels °C (?)181922201615131211121515161718161316212322211919
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