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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 19 Apr 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
24.3° 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 2PM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (19 Apr)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (19 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
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
5
3
3
2
2
1
3
2
3
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
ENE
1.7
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.2
NE
1.5
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.5
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.4
SSW
4
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)12116777888678121313151414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31720412727345651524015912217238570742491550102513771076822722585501603722634
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
10
NNW
15
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
25
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
5
ENE
10
SE
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:56PM
1.65
5:13AM
1.74
5:34PM
1.56
5:52AM
1.58
6:16PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:50AM
-0.03
10:58PM
0.03
11:26AM
0.06
11:37PM
0.14
12:05PM
0.20
12:21AM
0.30
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise-6:24-------6:26-------6:26------
Sunset----5:37-------5:36-------5:35---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192025282626262422222623222020191819232422201918
Feels °C (?)171923262526242016162018191819161617232421181613
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