Cintsa East Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (32.83° S 28.12° E)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 08 Sep 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 1.8°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 3PM is: 1.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	14s
Afternoon (08 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	15s
Evening (08 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	14s

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

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	Monday 08					Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	!	2	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1365	1369	1231	1080	980	869	774	729	690	775	1000	961	2005	726	656	544	476	378	365	311	308	260	269	293
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NNE	NNE	W	WSW	SSW	S	SSE	NNE	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:13PM 1.83				4:26AM 1.69				4:45PM 1.85				4:59AM 1.66					5:18PM 1.81				5:33AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	9:58AM -0.08				10:23PM -0.05				10:29AM -0.10				10:56PM -0.05					11:01AM -0.07				11:30PM 0.01

	Monday 08					Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	2	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	21	22	24	22	21	22	20	20	22	27	24	22	20	20	19	18	20
Feels °C (?)	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	20	20	21	19	19	22	21	20	22	26	24	24	22	23	22	19	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

Wind Update Wind reports 35 km away suggest it is still onshore at Cintsa East (moderate winds from the E.(Wind varies from 040 to 100 degs) at East London Airport). 2.5m 14s groundswell from the S with a 1.3m 5s windswell from the SE. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
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17.9

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