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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 09 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
24.5° 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 7AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
2
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)131312121212121211111111111110666161615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)67957244635928928923222412112186856457497577116858111611010698
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
N
10
E
15
ENE
5
ENE
5
W
5
WNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
ESE
15
E
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
ESE
10
S
5
S
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossononglassglassoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
crossglassglassoffoffcross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51AM
1.16
7:26PM
1.03
7:46AM
1.02
10:18PM
0.95
11:18AM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:43AM
0.56
1:17PM
0.59
1:32AM
0.71
2:53PM
0.71
4:37AM
0.79
5:51PM
0.66
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise---6:18-------6:18-------6:20----
Sunset------5:49-------5:47-------5:45-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212222252928252323232224302827262626242529272524
Feels °C (?)212222252828272525242225312929272827242629282926
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