Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cintsa East today (17 Jun):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with S swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jun, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Cintsa East at 6PM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm June 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Jun) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (17 Jun) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 13s |
| Evening (17 Jun) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Cintsa East. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 13°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Sat 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 13 | S 13 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 334 | 350 | 447 | 646 | 905 | 1042 | 1279 | 1208 | 1090 | 669 | 713 | 522 | 763 | 651 | 549 | 1772 | 1003 | 956 | 1054 | 1154 | 1100 | 1056 | 819 | 702 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 5:34PM1.56m | 5:48AM1.50m | 6:22PM1.52m | 6:33AM1.40m | 7:11PM1.46m | 7:20AM1.28m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:17AM0.07m | 11:41PM0.20m | 12:00PM0.12m | 00:30AM0.28m | 12:44PM0.20m | 1:21AM0.38m | ||||||||||||||||||
 | | |  | | | | | | | |  | | | |  | |  | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:09 | — |
 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | 5:07 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
Feels °C | 18 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 13 | S 13 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 |
| kJ | 334 | 350 | 447 | 646 | 905 | 1042 | 1279 | 1208 | 1090 | 669 | 713 | 522 | 763 | 651 | 549 | 913 | 1003 | 956 | 1054 | 1154 | 1100 | 1056 | 819 | 702 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 7 | S 7 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | E 10 | E 10 | SSW 18 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | E 9 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 |
| kJ | 34 | 33 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 124 | 457 | 346 | 329 | 7 | 43 | 50 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 10 | SE 6 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 | — | E 9 | E 9 | — | — | — | — | — | E 10 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 7 | — | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 4 | SSW 4 | SSW 5 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 2 | ENE 3 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 23 | 39 | 69 | 102 | 1772 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 143 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cintsa East surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest