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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 19 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
18.4° 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 12AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)--
Afternoon (20 Nov)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (20 Nov)2ft (0.6m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
!
!
3
4
4
4
4
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
SSW
1
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
2
S
Period(s) (?)81313131313111720191816161615151414141313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5560476793269259297838252328302717231022242029358033341781148312831245117310741151
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
NNE
10
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
SW
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
SW
15
S
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:07PM
1.54
3:28AM
1.44
3:35PM
1.55
3:57AM
1.45
4:04PM
1.53
4:26AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:20PM
0.15
9:25AM
0.22
9:48PM
0.14
9:54AM
0.23
10:16PM
0.16
10:24AM
0.25
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise----4:54-------4:54-------4:54---
Sunset6:49-------6:50-------6:51-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C211816151420222321181616162124232119161616212423
Feels °C (?)191815151319192119181515141821201817151414202221
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