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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 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
20.5° 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 8AM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Afternoon (15 Sep)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (15 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
1
0
1
3
1
2
3
3
2
2
0
6
5
4
9
4
3
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.5
SSW
3
SSW
5.5
SSW
5.5
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141413131313131313141314131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1061899886746604468384378587384469433866286611221958060563930604419991786148515101535
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
WNW
25
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
5
WSW
30
SW
45
SSW
45
SSW
35
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
S
15
SE
10
E
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:06PM
1.16
9:02AM
1.01
10:39PM
1.02
12:22PM
1.05
12:58AM
1.12
1:36PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:34AM
0.63
3:24PM
0.70
5:39AM
0.68
6:46PM
0.65
7:20AM
0.53
7:50PM
0.49
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Sunrise---6:01-------6:00-------5:58----
Sunset------5:53-------5:53-------5:54-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171617202627262419181820252018161514131518181717
Feels °C (?)1615171925252623161817191812989991215141415
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Rame Head (light winds from the N at Coffee Bay 28 km from Rame Head). 2.0m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.9m 10s swell from the ENE and a 0.8m 10s swell from the E. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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28 km away, 1 h 37 min ago

6 km/h
N
0.0
20.5
Air / Water (°C)
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