Cintsa West Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (32.83° S 28.12° E)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 19 Aug 2025 SAST

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

Today's Cintsa West sea temperature is 18.1° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cintsa West today?

The current surf forecast for Cintsa West at 12PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Aug)	5ft (1.5m)	10s
Afternoon (19 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s
Evening (19 Aug)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s

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

Hourly 12 Days

Eastern Cape – Wild Coast Surf

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	Tuesday 19							Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Fri 22
	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)	3	2	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	E	SW	SSW	SSW	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	624	530	484	432	399	412	652	493	385	373	290	332	385	250	489	283	252	255	213	2933	882	766	676	544
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	N	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	S	SSW	SW	SW	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				1:31PM 1.15				1:51AM 1.27					2:24PM 1.31				2:37AM 1.39				3:03PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		7:16AM 0.51				7:39PM 0.50					8:12AM 0.36				8:32PM 0.36				8:52AM 0.23				9:11PM 0.24

	Tuesday 19							Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Fri 22
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	20	20	19	17	16	16	15	15	20	22	19	17	16	17	16	16	20	20	18	17	17	16
Feels °C (?)	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	17	18	16	16	15	13	12	14	17	17	16	16	18	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Cintsa West (moderate winds from the WSW at East London Airport 35 km from Cintsa West). 1.8m 6s windswell from the SW with a 1.5m 10s swell from the E and a 0.5m 13s groundswell from the SSW as well as a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the SSE. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
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35 km away, 1 h 45 min ago

26 km/h

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18.1

Air / Water (°C)

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