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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 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
23.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Rame Head today?

The current surf forecast for Rame Head at 9PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
2
1
2
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.6
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.2
E
1.5
E
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.9
NE
1.7
ENE
1.9
NE
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
2.3
ENE
1.2
SSW
1.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)101413131378131313131313677121471413131616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)150136272280284181149268268480747180189269277355189297584522888189582974
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
30
S
20
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
NNW
10
NE
20
E
30
E
35
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
20
ENE
30
ENE
15
SSE
35
SW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:54PM
1.62
5:19AM
1.65
5:24PM
1.61
5:50AM
1.67
5:55PM
1.57
6:22AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:50AM
0.17
11:04PM
0.03
11:22AM
0.16
11:33PM
0.03
11:54AM
0.17
12:03AM
0.06
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise-------5:16-------5:16-------5:18
Sunset--7:09-------7:08-------7:08-----
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----1-------------1-1---
Temp. °C242322202019192123242322201919232829262322211922
Feels °C (?)211920202120202120201819181819242828272020201720
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