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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 23 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
21.6° C
(Which is 2.6°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 11PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)--
Afternoon (23 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (23 Feb)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.2
E
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.7
SSE
0.6
E
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)7712128888121313777777777881111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21014614114113915316514415216817331131216313815913411088474546103103
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
10
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
W
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
0
NE
10
SE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:18PM
1.25
7:49AM
1.31
8:12PM
1.08
9:05AM
1.13
10:27PM
0.96
11:51AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:23AM
0.36
2:10PM
0.50
2:20AM
0.55
3:51PM
0.64
4:43AM
0.67
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-----5:50-------5:52-------5:52--
Sunset6:50-------6:49-------6:47-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
122-----1-1-------------
Temp. °C212021202022262727222121202327262522212020232625
Feels °C (?)222223212022252525201919202225242423222121252725
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