Farmer Burgers surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 08 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
14.7° C
(Which is 2.6°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 3AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
3
2
3
3
3
3
0
0
2
3
2
3
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212111111121212161615151414141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)228224220217213255268273239298475434522785774752690536536581581581581458
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
N
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
15
WNW
10
W
0
ESE
10
NW
5
NNE
10
ENE
0
SSE
5
SW
20
SSW
35
SSW
10
S
10
N
5
NNW
5
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crossglasscrosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:57PM
1.15
7:11AM
1.12
8:21PM
1.07
8:54AM
1.04
10:20PM
1.09
10:50AM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:47AM
0.67
1:24PM
0.65
2:12AM
0.76
3:23PM
0.70
4:59AM
0.74
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-----7:03-------7:03-------7:03--
Sunset6:34-------6:32-------6:31-------
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-1---------------11-----
Temp. °C292728282626303026242525262527282322222121202222
Feels °C (?)282625252324282825252525252627251821222223202220
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