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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 05 Dec 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
23.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Rame Head today?

The current surf forecast for Rame Head at 12AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (06 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (06 Dec)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.5
S
0.9
SSE
0.6
S
0.4
S
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)101010101099999966996812121213131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47315815615314610910683816442414641123252194125241317312233184
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
ESE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
5
NW
10
NNW
5
SE
10
SE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:51PM
1.73
4:17AM
1.62
4:34PM
1.68
5:01AM
1.60
5:16PM
1.59
5:46AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:06PM
0.02
10:20AM
0.09
10:47PM
0.05
11:05AM
0.15
11:28PM
0.11
11:51AM
0.25
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise----4:48-------4:48-------4:48---
Sunset6:55-------6:57-------6:58-------
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part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--11111-211-1----1------
Temp. °C242221201921232320202020191919202121211919222525
Feels °C (?)232021191920212219202121202019181920232020242626
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