Farmer Burgers surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 08 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
14.9° C
(Which is 3.5°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 10AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (08 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (08 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)111112121212121212121212121212111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)101778465561457051140932427727723623619716413210410177979796967577
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
20
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
S
25
S
30
S
20
SE
5
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
N
10
WSW
25
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassoffoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:45AM
1.52
6:05PM
1.36
6:15AM
1.38
6:38PM
1.23
6:49AM
1.24
7:23PM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:33PM
0.31
11:57AM
0.33
12:00AM
0.43
12:26PM
0.45
12:29AM
0.55
1:00PM
0.58
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise---6:39-------6:41-------6:41----
Sunset------7:13-------7:12-------7:10-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181920202527282425272827333434333332323336373632
Feels °C (?)131517172222211720232423293228262830292933353229
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