Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cintsa East today (25 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 16s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 16s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Cintsa East at 10PM is: 1.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (25 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (25 Aug) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 16s |
| Evening (25 Aug) | 5ft (1.5m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Cintsa East. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 34°C on Fri morning, min 16°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the ENE by Thu afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 25 | Wednesday 26 | Thursday 27 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 16 | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 13 | S 12 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1596 | 906 | 1092 | 763 | 1769 | 2371 | 3734 | 4554 | 4034 | 2960 | 2229 | 1733 | 1370 | 1215 | 772 | 914 | 784 | 738 | 1342 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | glassy | glassy | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 2:49PM1.34m | 2:53AM1.40m | 3:15PM1.47m | 3:20AM1.50m | 3:41PM1.58m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:50PM0.36m | 9:03AM0.21m | 9:17PM0.25m | 9:28AM0.11m | 9:45PM0.15m | ||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 20 |
Feels °C | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 19 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 16 | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | E 9 |
| kJ | 1596 | 906 | 1092 | 763 | 1769 | 2371 | 3734 | 4554 | 4034 | 2960 | 2229 | 1733 | 1370 | 1215 | 772 | 914 | 784 | 681 | 726 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | SSW 6 | E 9 | S 18 | E 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 16 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 |
| kJ | 2 | 53 | 2 | 229 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 192 | 417 | 411 | 437 | 670 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 9 | — | E 9 | E 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 13 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 2 | — | 2 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 4 | E 4 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 37 | 87 | 126 | 206 | 289 | 415 | 604 | 671 | 738 | 1342 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 587 | 587 | 430 | 430 | 402 | 402 | 272 | 272 | 278 | 457 | 272 | 261 |
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