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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 25 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
19.9° 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 11AM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (25 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (25 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
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
4
0
4
4
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.6
SW
0.9
SSW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)78777777781011111112121111111212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)560512246209171135645049589710110568521113721234427471444361341237221
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
N
10
ESE
15
SE
15
S
15
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
S
15
SE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:05AM
1.13
10:27PM
0.96
11:51AM
1.07
1:05AM
1.07
1:30PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:51PM
0.64
4:43AM
0.67
6:43PM
0.59
7:16AM
0.57
7:54PM
0.43
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise-5:52-------5:52-------5:54------
Sunset----6:47-------6:46-------6:45---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------121--------
Temp. °C222326272422212120232625232220191819232322222120
Feels °C (?)192022252223222221252625242317161517222221212020
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