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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 22 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
21.6° C
(Which is 2.6°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 2AM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Afternoon (23 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Evening (23 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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

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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
2
0
0
2
3
2
1
2
1
1
1
3
!
4
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
E
2
E
2.1
E
1.8
E
2.2
E
2
E
2
E
2
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.4
E
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)77777787777788888131399998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)382385420349522447451428344212431462494351324279235173176108813411185967460
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
S
5
SSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:39PM
1.40
7:04AM
1.48
7:18PM
1.25
7:49AM
1.31
8:12PM
1.08
9:05AM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:43AM
0.20
1:19PM
0.34
1:23AM
0.36
2:10PM
0.50
2:20AM
0.55
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-----5:50-------5:50-------5:52--
Sunset6:51-------6:50-------6:49-------
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------15---1--11-------
Temp. °C262424232223262320212223222226252422222322232627
Feels °C (?)252324222324272522212225242328272219192019202324
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