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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
21.4° C
 (Which is 2.7°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 12PM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (28 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (28 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
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
2
1
0
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121313131313131313131313131212121212121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)387413406400440468475468461454454454461461454367355276271267217271294289
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
15
SE
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
0
SSE
5
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
10
E
5
E
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoncross-
on		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
1.19
12:48AM
1.07
1:18PM
1.28
2:02AM
1.23
2:20PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:30PM
0.53
6:48AM
0.53
7:50PM
0.40
8:05AM
0.40
8:42PM
0.25
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
Sunrise-5:26-------5:26-------5:28------
Sunset----7:13-------7:13-------7:12---
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1---1--11121111-1-------
Temp. °C212123242222222121212122222222222222222424232322
Feels °C (?)242426252424242324242323222323232423232525252726
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