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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 17 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
18.9° C
(Which is 4.3°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 4PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
2
1
0
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
E
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1414131313127810111111111111111110710108812
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18016115114714212916819637452162656345528523417317012110686689082129
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
10
WNW
25
NW
30
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
S
10
SSE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNE
20
ENE
5
ENE
10
WNW
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:45PM
1.63
4:00AM
1.83
4:20PM
1.64
4:36AM
1.79
4:57PM
1.60
5:13AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:40AM
-0.05
9:44PM
-0.03
10:15AM
-0.07
10:20PM
-0.02
10:50AM
-0.02
10:58PM
0.04
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-------6:30-------6:31-------6:31
Sunset--5:43-------5:42-------5:40-----
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---2--------------------
Temp. °C303232242521171922232118171817192727242121181719
Feels °C (?)293131242118151517171916151615182525252219171315
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