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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 04 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
25.5° 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 11PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)--
Afternoon (04 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (04 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
E
1.4
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
E
1.2
E
1.7
ENE
1.4
E
1.7
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.8
NE
1.2
E
1
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)66666665787888878812128889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19315510112393877982268239310207358177118555894828180727195
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
15
NE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
N
10
NE
25
E
25
E
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
W
25
SW
25
SSW
25
S
15
SE
5
S
5
S
5
SE
10
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crossglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:27PM
1.63
5:50AM
1.72
5:55PM
1.56
6:18AM
1.64
6:23PM
1.46
6:45AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:32PM
-0.00
11:55AM
0.14
12:00AM
0.07
12:24PM
0.23
12:27AM
0.17
12:52PM
0.33
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-----5:31-------5:31-------5:31--
Sunset7:01-------7:00-------7:00-------
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-2------17-------1------
Temp. °C262424232325282726242524242527262524232323242727
Feels °C (?)252628262627282628262827272427252627262625252827
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