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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 16 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
24.4° 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 10AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (16 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.5
E
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)7791112126666666677888878910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1761112352342371931361311401261841139886229310173159185164297434484435
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SE
5
ENE
10
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
5
WNW
10
N
10
NNE
20
ENE
10
NE
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise---6:22-------6:24-------6:24----
Sunset------5:40-------5:39-------5:37-
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
32222-----------1-------
Temp. °C212121212325242322212223283027242323232324242320
Feels °C (?)232324222324222221212424282930232423232119212019
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