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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 08 Mar 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
23.7° C
(Which is 1.3°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 12PM is: 2.4m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (08 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (08 Mar)7ft (2.2m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
1
2
2
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212111211121312121212121212999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20201840172817561462144812771031918332456289269307297292278226210206220461399399
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
WSW
10
ESE
15
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
25
ENE
30
E
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
1.56
6:12PM
1.41
6:26AM
1.43
6:34PM
1.29
6:49AM
1.29
6:57PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:11PM
0.24
12:15AM
0.27
12:35PM
0.36
12:38AM
0.41
1:01PM
0.50
1:03AM
0.56
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
Sunrise-5:56-------5:56-------5:58------
Sunset----6:29-------6:28-------6:27---
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1----1------------------
Temp. °C171820212120201918192323222019181719242423222120
Feels °C (?)161819191819191817181919181718171718212120202019
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