Cintsa East Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.83° S 28.12° E

Cintsa East 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cintsa East sea temperature is
18.3° C
1.9° 

Cintsa East surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cintsa East today (08 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cintsa East at 11AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (08 Jul)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (08 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 20°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Sat
11
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
2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
4
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3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
1.4
SSW
8
2.2
SW
10
3.5
SSW
13
3
SSW
13
3.5
SSW
12
3
SSW
12
2
S
14
2
S
14
2.3
S
14
2.5
S
14
2.5
S
14
2.5
S
14
2.5
S
14
2.4
S
14
2.4
S
13
2.3
S
13
2.2
S
13
2.1
S
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
223
281
246
277
273
198
230
863
3672
3141
3569
2475
1622
1553
2185
2824
2959
2633
2394
2122
2084
1838
1659
1452
Wind (km/h)
5
NNW
5
NW
10
SW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
High Tide
9:02AM1.13m
9:47PM1.31m
10:26AM1.08m
11:11PM1.30m
12:02PM1.11m
00:34AM1.34m
Low Tide
3:07PM0.44m
4:22AM0.49m
4:26PM0.49m
5:49AM0.46m
5:57PM0.48m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:09
7:09
7:09
7:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:15
5:15
5:15
5:15
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
20
20
18
17
17
17
17
16
17
17
17
16
15
15
14
13
17
18
16
15
15
15
Feels °C
13
12
18
16
15
13
12
14
15
14
14
13
13
13
13
13
11
10
13
14
13
14
14
14
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