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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 29 Mar 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
25.1° 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 1AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
2
E
2
E
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
2.1
ENE
Period(s) (?)11111211111111111111116666667777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)173143203186170170167177158156150141139139159187291331382388327293301420
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
10
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
E
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:07PM
1.34
2:28AM
1.52
2:41PM
1.46
2:59AM
1.65
3:12PM
1.55
3:27AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:13PM
0.29
8:41AM
0.25
8:45PM
0.17
9:10AM
0.14
9:13PM
0.09
9:37AM
0.07
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise-----6:11-------6:11-------6:13--
Sunset6:02-------6:00-------6:00-------
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thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1---1-----1231---------
Temp. °C222222212222252624232323222326262524242323242727
Feels °C (?)232425242525272623232425242628272624252425252726
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