Farmer Burgers Surf Forecast

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South Africa (273 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Farmer Burgers surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 SAST

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Farmer Burgers surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Farmer Burgers sea temperature is 13.1° C
(Which is 2.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Farmer Burgers today?

The current surf forecast for Farmer Burgers at 8AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 19). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Afternoon (19 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Evening (19 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s

Table - waves today at Farmer Burgers. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon 22
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	W	WSW	W	W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	127	117	79	77	60	46	33	32	31	30	41	21	20	19	23	21	21	21	11	18	27	41	35	24
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	S	SSW	S	SW	NNW	NNW	N	NW	W	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	WNW	SW	WSW	NW	WNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					2:05PM 1.61				2:22AM 1.56				2:35PM 1.70				2:52AM 1.61				3:04PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		7:58AM 0.24					8:22PM 0.18				8:29AM 0.17				8:53PM 0.12				8:58AM 0.13				9:21PM 0.08

	Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon 22
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	16	18	22	24	24	20	19	15	15	15	16	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	16	15	15	14	14	14
Feels °C (?)	12	15	19	21	19	16	17	13	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	11	12	13	14	12	12	13	9	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Farmer Burgers (calm at Vredendal 59 km from Farmer Burgers). 0.9m 10s swell from the SW with a 0.5m 5s windswell from the SSW and a 0.3m 10s swell from the W as well as a 0.2m 16s long period groundswell from the WSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 17 minutes ago Farmer Burgers

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