Farmer Burgers surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 05 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
15.8° C
(Which is 2.7°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 2AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (06 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (06 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)12121111111110101010101010910111111111111121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31935354666263856045142441626726130229654268084415101528471802652593503511
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
15
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
35
S
30
SSE
25
SSW
25
SW
40
SSW
40
S
20
S
15
SSE
5
SE
10
ENE
5
E
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:37PM
1.64
4:49AM
1.74
5:06PM
1.57
5:17AM
1.64
5:35PM
1.47
5:45AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:39PM
0.12
11:03AM
0.12
11:06PM
0.20
11:30AM
0.21
11:33PM
0.31
11:57AM
0.33
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise-----6:39-------6:39-------6:39--
Sunset7:16-------7:15-------7:15-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191717171717181919191818161718212118181920202426
Feels °C (?)181818161716161617181617101113151310131517172121
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