Farmer Burgers surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 16 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
15.2° C
(Which is 1.8°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 3PM is: 2.4m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)8ft (2.5m)15s
Afternoon (16 Apr)8ft (2.4m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)7ft (2.1m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
3
1
0
0
0
3
4
3
2
0
0
0
4
4
4
4
3
3
1
1
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)151514141414131313131212121211121212131211111313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3813295326432426219116471264107795878768064713021164114412241291104115451269971773787711
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
25
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
10
SW
5
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
30
NNW
45
NW
25
SW
5
NNW
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
20
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:40PM
1.70
2:50AM
1.86
3:18PM
1.74
3:28AM
1.88
3:57PM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:33AM
-0.00
8:41PM
0.09
9:09AM
-0.07
9:19PM
0.06
9:47AM
-0.09
9:58PM
0.07
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise-7:07-------7:07-------7:09------
Sunset----6:23-------6:22-------6:22---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------1102----------
Temp. °C141417181716151515151615131414151515161716161515
Feels °C (?)1011131312121314121110791312131312121313141312
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