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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 19 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
25.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Rame Head today?

The current surf forecast for Rame Head at 12PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (19 Feb)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
2
2
1
1
2
3
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
0.8
SSW
1
ESE
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)1212111111111010109139131312121212998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12569637205454693923143072532322291731691451361291641618210392105122138
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
W
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
NNE
5
W
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
5
NW
0
NNW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
offglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:05PM
1.70
5:25AM
1.82
5:35PM
1.66
5:55AM
1.77
6:06PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:03AM
0.01
11:10PM
-0.07
11:33AM
0.03
11:39PM
-0.03
12:05PM
0.09
12:10AM
0.06
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-5:43-------5:43-------5:45------
Sunset----6:47-------6:46-------6:45---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C222426272625252424252727262525242425262727252423
Feels °C (?)242727302929292727283030292930272829283031292725
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