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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 26 Mar 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
24.5° 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 7PM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (26 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (26 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.3
E
1.3
E
1
SSW
1.1
E
1
E
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
E
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)121277888812121266777710886787
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12311910410813814519019122421016721527931329017618621815313112210795111
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
SE
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
WNW
10
NNW
5
N
20
SSW
25
S
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:50AM
1.07
10:48PM
1.01
12:01PM
1.05
1:00AM
1.16
1:23PM
1.19
1:52AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:36PM
0.67
5:25AM
0.71
6:32PM
0.61
7:21AM
0.56
7:35PM
0.44
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise-------6:09-------6:09-------6:11
Sunset--6:06-------6:05-------6:04-----
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part cloud
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light rain
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242423232222222224252525242424262725222121212121
Feels °C (?)252424262524242425262627272625282725222122222222
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