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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 08 Nov 2025 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
17.9° C
(Which is 3.2°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 2PM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Afternoon (08 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (08 Nov)5ft (1.6m)7s

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

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Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Tue
11
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.5
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
2.1
E
2.2
ENE
2.4
ENE
2
ENE
Period(s) (?)77777777777666716161514148888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)180161181262302278214179154137145162214235293503706723585491523599751527
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
25
E
30
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:03AM
1.55
5:19PM
1.58
5:46AM
1.45
6:02PM
1.41
6:35AM
1.33
6:52PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:05AM
0.13
11:33PM
0.14
11:50AM
0.27
12:16AM
0.28
12:42PM
0.43
1:08AM
0.42
Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Tue
11
Sunrise-5:03-------5:01-------5:01------
Sunset----6:38-------6:39-------6:40---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1-------------
Temp. °C172125252220202020222323212121212121202022201918
Feels °C (?)151822222018192021222121191919191919191921211919
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