Farmer Burgers Surf Forecast

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Surf Forecasts:

Farmer Burgers surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 31 Aug 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 13.6° C
(Which is 1.6°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 11PM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (31 Aug)	5ft (1.5m)	12s
Evening (31 Aug)	5.5ft (1.7m)	13s

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

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	Sunday 31			Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	2	3	4	4	4	3	1	2	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	725	926	1258	1636	1600	1618	1506	1306	1274	1293	1168	1210	1330	1244	1210	1052	996	896	883	765	664	685	674	713
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	S	SSW	S	SSE	SSW	NNW	NNW	WNW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			8:22PM 1.10				9:49AM 1.01				10:23PM 1.07					11:45AM 1.08				11:57PM 1.16				12:45PM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)					2:53AM 0.70				3:40PM 0.79					5:32AM 0.67				6:09PM 0.71				6:39AM 0.54

	Sunday 31			Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

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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). 1.9m 13s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.9m 4s local chop from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 8 minutes ago Farmer Burgers

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