Surf Forecast Surf Report

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 30 Apr 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
17.8° C
(Which is 5.0°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 9AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 30). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (30 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (30 Apr)5ft (1.6m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.7
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
SSW
1.4
SSW
2.2
SW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SW
3
SW
1.9
SSW
3
SW
1.8
SSW
2.1
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
4
SW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SW
2
S
1.8
S
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
1.4
NE
0.9
S
0.9
ENE
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
SSW
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)99910107888912111111111111101011111111111112121211111111111111111111107109101088911899999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)230270288262220309255224383293132310086981409258220648311591715101619132195387914033052107989458345538730825425433227922722711817718316413013313315719212611911812312399101808078576061139
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
WNW
5
SSE
20
SSW
30
SW
30
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
30
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
30
W
25
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
5
NE
5
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
SSE
5
NE
10
N
10
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
WSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:26PM
1.52
5:42AM
1.53
6:08PM
1.40
6:24AM
1.35
6:57PM
1.26
7:14AM
1.18
8:07PM
1.14
8:30AM
1.03
10:00PM
1.08
10:39AM
0.98
11:46PM
1.14
12:13PM
1.05
12:45AM
1.25
1:05PM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:16AM
0.06
11:28PM
0.16
11:55AM
0.19
12:12AM
0.32
12:38PM
0.34
1:03AM
0.48
1:32PM
0.48
2:19AM
0.63
2:56PM
0.59
4:34AM
0.69
4:55PM
0.60
6:19AM
0.61
6:15PM
0.53
7:11AM
0.50
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Sunrise-6:39-------6:39-------6:39-------6:41-------6:41-------6:43-------6:43-------6:43--
Sunset----5:29-------5:28-------5:27-------5:25-------5:25-------5:24-------5:23-------
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Rain (mm)
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Feels °C (?)2121262315131312111215161511108881111987781114161616141211101619161515131415242623221918181927302521181716161819
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