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Rame Head surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 11 Jan 2026 SAST
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Rame Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rame Head sea temperature is
24.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rame Head today?

The current surf forecast for Rame Head at 7PM is: 2.2m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (11 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (11 Jan)7ft (2.1m)7s

Table - waves today at Rame Head. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
2
2
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
2
E
2.2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
E
1.9
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.4
ENE
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.5
E
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.7
SSW
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)141377778888888161514999813889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)512402366435394358416494569801903763705666455431363391318217169169177186
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
30
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
25
ENE
5
N
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
20
S
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:03AM
1.21
9:21PM
1.01
10:20AM
1.12
11:16PM
0.96
12:04PM
1.11
1:03AM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:26PM
0.64
3:24AM
0.62
5:00PM
0.68
5:05AM
0.69
6:46PM
0.63
6:52AM
0.65
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-------5:07-------5:09-------5:09
Sunset--7:12-------7:12-------7:10-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282928252323232629292926242324252627252424242424
Feels °C (?)272727252424242627262727282424252728272727262626
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