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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 26 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
23.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Rame Head today?

The current surf forecast for Rame Head at 11AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Dec)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (26 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (26 Dec)4ft (1.2m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Mon
29
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
1.3
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)9999999991099999999966666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)287244239234196276234239210255295334332132102102997425716324519312789
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
0
WNW
10
SSE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
30
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
onononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:26AM
1.42
7:33PM
1.28
8:18AM
1.38
8:32PM
1.18
9:23AM
1.34
9:52PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:36PM
0.44
1:46AM
0.34
2:36PM
0.49
2:42AM
0.42
3:52PM
0.52
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Mon
29
Sunrise4:56-------4:56-------4:56-------
Sunset----7:08-------7:08-------7:09---
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1--123211122221111122221
Temp. °C192122222120202020202020202019202022222221212121
Feels °C (?)202423232020202021201919191918192123222119202121
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