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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 27 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
23.6° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rame Head today?

The current surf forecast for Rame Head at 3PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 27). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (27 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (27 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
2
2
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
2
1
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)99131212128812121213121214141413131313131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2702222061901841849574190230264378320273332474384373362304304309286286
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
S
10
E
5
ESE
5
ENE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
5
NNW
5
S
10
WSW
15
SW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		crossonglassonononcross-
on		glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:42AM
1.25
10:35PM
1.03
11:41AM
1.21
12:47AM
1.09
1:20PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:22PM
0.59
4:41AM
0.59
6:27PM
0.56
6:47AM
0.55
7:50PM
0.43
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
Sunrise-5:22-------5:22-------5:24------
Sunset----7:07-------7:06-------7:06---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----1--------7-1-1111111
Temp. °C242526252322222222232424232323232323232323222323
Feels °C (?)272627252724232425262525242727262525242424242626
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