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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
24.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Rame Head today?

The current surf forecast for Rame Head at 10AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (17 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (17 Apr)7ft (2.2m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
2
2
0
1
1
3
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.4
SSW
1.2
ENE
1.6
ENE
2.2
NE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.3
ENE
1.5
NE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.8
NE
Period(s) (?)666615667888789101011111166777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)941071009384112195450226207176265287641399385331226130108181129175295
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
10
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NW
15
WSW
15
WNW
30
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSE
10
ESE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
N
5
NNW
10
E
10
E
10
NNE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
ononcross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:28AM
1.85
3:46PM
1.68
4:02AM
1.88
4:21PM
1.69
4:37AM
1.84
4:56PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:12PM
0.01
9:41AM
-0.05
9:46PM
-0.04
10:15AM
-0.07
10:21PM
-0.04
10:50AM
-0.03
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise---6:24-------6:24-------6:24----
Sunset------5:39-------5:37-------5:37-
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C212122232730282726242120222121212120192024252423
Feels °C (?)212223252729282725231818191920201919192024252626
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Rame Head surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest