Farmer Burgers surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 02 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
16.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Farmer Burgers today?

The current surf forecast for Farmer Burgers at 4PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (02 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
0
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121212131313131212121212121211111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)304346481573668751900812799700573443378371289319309256247242238234243200
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
N
10
E
20
WSW
5
SW
10
E
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
SW
5
S
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
1.76
3:39PM
1.65
3:47AM
1.74
4:08PM
1.62
4:15AM
1.68
4:36PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:36AM
0.04
9:42PM
0.14
10:03AM
0.07
10:10PM
0.18
10:30AM
0.13
10:37PM
0.24
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise-6:58-------6:58-------6:58------
Sunset----6:40-------6:39-------6:38---
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1----41-----------------
Temp. °C242726232421232423212122212019181817191919181717
Feels °C (?)232424202322252525232222191918181817181716151415
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