Farmer Burgers surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 09 Mar 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
15.2° C
(Which is 3.2°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: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (09 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (09 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121111111111111111111115151514131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2772772362361971643091031019997967575757677608458757087118
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
10
SE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
5
SSE
30
S
30
S
20
SSE
5
SE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NNE
10
WSW
20
SW
10
S
10
S
0
WSW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
ononcrosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:15AM
1.38
6:38PM
1.23
6:49AM
1.24
7:23PM
1.10
7:43AM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:00AM
0.43
12:26PM
0.45
12:29AM
0.55
1:00PM
0.58
1:06AM
0.68
2:01PM
0.70
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise---6:41-------6:41-------6:43----
Sunset------7:12-------7:10-------7:09-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252727283334333331313132373833303230283135313129
Feels °C (?)202322232831252526282829333630283030273033292827
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