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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 31 Jan 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
22.4° 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 11AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
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)
2
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111111111817151516131514141413131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1981921891791281269391916479166266339277151305371297261249246222195
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
5
E
5
N
5
N
5
N
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
20
E
25
E
25
E
15
E
10
E
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:07PM
1.51
3:34AM
1.54
3:47PM
1.59
4:12AM
1.65
4:22PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:58AM
0.26
9:23PM
0.13
9:41AM
0.15
9:58PM
0.03
10:18AM
0.09
10:31PM
-0.02
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise-5:28-------5:30-------5:31------
Sunset----7:10-------7:10-------7:09---
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cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------11-
Temp. °C242526272523222020232425252322222325292825242424
Feels °C (?)282828282626252322252424252323242627302826262728
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