Farmer Burgers surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 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
14.9° C
(Which is 2.1°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 7AM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (19 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Evening (19 Apr)11ft (3.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
2
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.2
SW
1.6
NW
2
NW
3
W
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
SW
1.7
WSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)111313126691011111112131313131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)56071172142815729213742084286728212757276227312887253521301807154312161094918816723700
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
30
N
40
NNW
45
NW
40
W
40
WSW
35
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
10
W
15
NW
15
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
5
S
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:09AM
1.84
4:38PM
1.68
4:52AM
1.73
5:23PM
1.59
5:39AM
1.59
6:14PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:58PM
0.07
10:26AM
-0.04
10:40PM
0.12
11:08AM
0.07
11:25PM
0.23
11:55AM
0.21
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise---7:09-------7:09-------7:11----
Sunset------6:21-------6:20-------6:19-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----11311---------------
Temp. °C151514141516171615141515151615151414141416171716
Feels °C (?)141210878108881112111312141313121214141312
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