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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 12 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
22.2° C
 (Which is 2.1°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 12PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (12 Feb)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (12 Feb)5ft (1.5m)10s

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

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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
1
0
1
3
3
1
3
2
2
2
4
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.7
E
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
Period(s) (?)13866710101011131313131316161515141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5561158119168356494452319402461390321317561754696784225926502939259823232084
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
SW
15
S
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
5
E
5
N
5
NNE
10
ENE
15
E
10
ENE
10
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononglassglassononcross-
on		offoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:14PM
1.04
2:04AM
1.05
2:05PM
1.18
2:37AM
1.20
2:39PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:39AM
0.74
7:52PM
0.60
7:57AM
0.61
8:27PM
0.45
8:34AM
0.47
8:55PM
0.31
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise-5:39-------5:41-------5:41------
Sunset----7:01-------7:00-------7:00---
clear
part cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--111355----242--1111111
Temp. °C232425242322222121222626232221201919202119191816
Feels °C (?)242426252423242424252726252420181414151615171715
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