Farmer Burgers surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 16 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
17.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Farmer Burgers today?

The current surf forecast for Farmer Burgers at 12PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (16 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (16 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)1010121289101111111111111111111111111114131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1027917589210164167187140145121121119116116114140140140177313246242239
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
5
NNE
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
W
10
N
20
NNW
15
N
20
N
20
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
N
5
N
0
WNW
5
NNE
5
NW
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
S
5
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassononcross-
on
oncross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:00PM
1.50
2:18AM
1.65
2:34PM
1.62
2:49AM
1.77
3:08PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:05AM
0.31
8:12PM
0.22
8:34AM
0.17
8:41PM
0.12
9:05AM
0.05
9:12PM
0.05
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C283028262524211917171919181717171717192020191918
Feels °C (?)252826252424221716151818181818191918192020202019
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