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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 23 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
18.9° C
(Which is 2.9°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 8AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (23 Nov)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (23 Nov)5ft (1.6m)11s

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

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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
2
3
1
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
S
1.4
S
Period(s) (?)1212111111111111111010101010101010991515141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)988855713607596764750584573479402386327279226225214205201296355521537683
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
ESE
20
S
20
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
ENE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
E
15
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
onglasscrosscross-
off
glassglassonononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:56AM
1.40
5:03PM
1.43
5:29AM
1.35
5:35PM
1.37
6:07AM
1.29
6:11PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:46PM
0.19
10:55AM
0.30
11:17PM
0.24
11:28AM
0.37
11:52PM
0.30
12:06PM
0.45
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Sunrise--4:54-------4:54-------4:52-----
Sunset------6:52-------6:53-------6:54-
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----5172-----------------
Temp. °C201918222019191818171618222121181716152023242320
Feels °C (?)201919241917191918161518211920191716152122222118
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