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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 05 May 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
19.1° C
(Which is 3.7°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: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am May 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 May)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (05 May)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (05 May)6ft (1.9m)7s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 44mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, strong winds from the W by Thu morning).

Tuesday
5
Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
0
0
2
4
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
S
12
0.9
S
12
0.9
S
12
0.8
S
12
0.8
S
11
1.5
SSE
6
2.1
SE
7
1.6
SSE
7
1.8
E
8
1.9
ESE
8
2
ESE
8
3.5
SSE
11
4
SE
12
4
SE
12
4
SE
12
4
SE
12
3.5
SE
12
3.5
SE
11
4
SSE
11
3.5
SSE
11
3
S
11
3.5
SSW
11
5
SSW
11
4
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
232
228
224
171
160
154
385
279
367
411
538
3229
4079
4168
4404
4212
3360
2941
3724
2814
2409
3405
6210
3935
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
0
W
5
WNW
10
NNW
15
NE
25
NE
15
NNW
5
WSW
20
W
10
WNW
15
NNW
15
NW
25
NW
25
WSW
30
W
40
W
50
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
35
W
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
5:10AM1.44m
5:32PM1.34m
5:40AM1.35m
6:06PM1.26m
6:12AM1.26m
6:47PM1.17m
Low Tide
11:01PM0.28m
11:23AM0.25m
11:32PM0.36m
11:55AM0.33m
00:05AM0.46m
12:32PM0.42m
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
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6:43
6:43
6:43
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5:24
5:23
5:22
1
3
6
4
8
3
1
1
7
2
1
1
5
2
Temp °C
19
19
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
17
16
20
22
20
16
16
14
15
16
17
18
16
15
16
19
20
18
18
20
19
18
17
15
15
15
15
19
16
12
11
9
9
8
8
12
10
8
10
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
S
12
0.9
S
12
0.9
S
12
0.8
S
12
0.8
S
11
1.5
SSE
6
2.1
SE
7
1.6
SSE
7
1.3
SSE
8
1.9
ESE
8
2
ESE
8
3.5
SSE
11
4
SE
12
4
SE
12
4
SE
12
4
SE
12
3.5
SE
12
3.5
SE
11
4
SSE
11
3.5
SSE
11
2.1
SE
11
3.5
SSW
11
4
SSW
12
4
S
11
Energy kJ
232
228
224
171
160
154
385
279
215
411
538
3229
4079
4168
4404
4212
3360
2941
3724
2814
1126
3405
4254
3935
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.7
SSE
5
0.7
S
11
0.6
S
11
0.5
S
11
0.6
S
11
1
S
11
1.4
S
11
0.4
SW
11
0.1
SW
16
0.4
NE
8
0.1
SW
16
0.1
SW
16
0.3
SW
15
0.3
SW
15
0.4
SW
14
1
S
13
2.2
ESE
11
1.7
SE
11
1.4
ESE
11
0.2
SSE
20
Energy kJ
30
22
14
11
23
121
88
63
93
253
465
31
10
20
10
10
34
33
74
356
1220
702
450
40
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.5
E
8
0.4
SW
12
0.1
SW
19
0.1
S
18
0.1
S
18
0.1
SW
18
0.3
SW
16
0.3
SW
16
0.1
SW
13
0.1
SW
12
0.1
S
19
0.1
SW
19
0.1
SE
22
Energy kJ
21
21
21
20
20
20
30
49
14
6
6
12
41
41
7
6
7
14
18
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
6
0.8
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
5
1.3
ENE
7
1.3
ENE
7
1.8
E
8
0.6
WNW
3
0.6
WNW
3
1
W
4
1.4
W
5
2
SW
7
1.4
WSW
5
3
S
11
0.4
NW
4
5
SSW
11
0.5
NW
4
Energy kJ
48
20
35
160
149
367
6
6
30
98
368
105
2409
6
6210
9
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
2
3
4
5
5
5
5
5
4
3
3
4
4
4
3
5
Distance (km)
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
44
100
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
158
297
329
379
379
379
345
324
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
2
3
4
5
5
5
5
5
4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
5
5
5
4
7
6
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
8
9
6
5
8
8
5
5
6
5
5
5
7
6
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