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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 27 Mar 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
20.1° C
(Which is 3.6°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 3AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 27). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (28 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (28 Mar)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
3
1
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
E
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
E
0.6
S
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
Period(s) (?)887111111117116710111211111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2942452371571511141106786103138333534521337263268221217202202198191229
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNW
5
N
5
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
25
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
0
S
0
W
0
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:58AM
1.15
1:21PM
1.17
1:49AM
1.33
2:05PM
1.31
2:25AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:32PM
0.58
7:19AM
0.53
7:33PM
0.42
8:06AM
0.37
8:11PM
0.28
8:40AM
0.24
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise-----6:15-------6:16-------6:16--
Sunset6:09-------6:07-------6:07-------
thunderstorm
clear
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
2-11---332--------------
Temp. °C252423222221222121211919191923232121202020202222
Feels °C (?)262525242422221921221919191923222123222222212323
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