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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 21 Feb 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
25.4° 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 8PM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (21 Feb)5ft (1.6m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.7
S
1.1
SSE
1.6
SE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.7
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
E
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.5
NE
Period(s) (?)998877779566677777777788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5676176322191207178121180106169215272307317278335282178189248537582955
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
20
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
5
NNW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:06PM
1.58
6:28AM
1.67
6:39PM
1.45
7:03AM
1.53
7:16PM
1.30
7:47AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:05PM
0.09
12:10AM
0.06
12:39PM
0.19
12:43AM
0.19
1:17PM
0.34
1:22AM
0.36
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise-------5:46-------5:46-------5:47
Sunset--6:45-------6:45-------6:44-----
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-1321-----------232----
Temp. °C262726242423232426272625242323242523242324232324
Feels °C (?)282928252626262726262524232324252625272423252625
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