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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 28 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
20.8° C
(Which is 3.4°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 11AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (28 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (28 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
!
!
!
!
!
!
2
3
4
4
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)111212121212111111121212141414141515151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)221283349336330337325463540671767138427875388523046555922478443342329205314431095900
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
WNW
15
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
5
SW
5
NNW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:21PM
1.35
2:48AM
1.45
3:00PM
1.48
3:22AM
1.60
3:33PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:16AM
0.40
8:36PM
0.26
8:57AM
0.25
9:09PM
0.13
9:31AM
0.13
9:40PM
0.03
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise-5:54-------5:54-------5:56------
Sunset----6:44-------6:43-------6:42---
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182228262322212119222524201918171618212121181817
Feels °C (?)182327242222212119212220151514121113151517171716
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