Farmer Burgers surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 21 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
14.4° C
(Which is 2.5°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 7AM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (21 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (21 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
1
2
4
4
4
3
3
3
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131212121213161616161615151414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19491647130911349188167917987858339449331764190416431742161312321039825659513485340
Wind
(km/h)
0
W
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
N
15
W
10
WSW
15
S
20
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
20
E
10
ESE
15
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:39AM
1.59
6:14PM
1.46
6:35AM
1.42
7:18PM
1.34
7:49AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:25PM
0.23
11:55AM
0.21
12:18AM
0.37
12:51PM
0.37
1:29AM
0.50
2:07PM
0.51
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise---7:11-------7:11-------7:11----
Sunset------6:19-------6:17-------6:16-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151414141516161616151413161820202019181721232423
Feels °C (?)15131212131313141210109141516151615141316191917
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