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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 14 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
18.9° C
 (Which is 4.7°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 7AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
0.8
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.4
SSE
1.1
S
0.8
SSW
1.4
SE
Period(s) (?)1288888888889101514131211101078117
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14714314314014224124192213213196264363268277246323890687569208141135200
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
10
ENE
20
E
30
E
25
ENE
20
NE
5
WNW
30
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassononononcross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:06AM
1.00
1:20PM
1.16
2:03AM
1.10
2:10PM
1.25
2:44AM
1.21
2:49PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:52AM
0.64
7:52PM
0.52
7:55AM
0.55
8:33PM
0.41
8:39AM
0.45
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise---5:13-------5:13-------5:15----
Sunset------7:19-------7:17-------7:17-
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------11--1211--1---
Temp. °C212121242929282524242222262622202120202020212120
Feels °C (?)242424252928292628232121232421182119192020212221
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