Farmer Burgers surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 24 Jan 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
14.6° C
(Which is 4.4°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 6AM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (24 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (24 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313121212121212121211111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)690690814732581629444944335367457396389298283241273268466422389389403418
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
S
15
SSE
5
SSE
15
WSW
25
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
25
S
15
S
15
S
5
S
15
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
S
15
S
10
SSW
5
S
15
SW
25
WSW
30
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:35AM
1.60
6:59PM
1.37
7:21AM
1.52
7:56PM
1.27
8:20AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:11AM
0.26
12:50PM
0.29
12:53AM
0.35
1:41PM
0.37
1:45AM
0.47
2:48PM
0.45
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise---6:03-------6:03-------6:05----
Sunset------7:52-------7:52-------7:52-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161515161921212018181719212223211918171820202019
Feels °C (?)111213151617161515171619201818161616161819171617
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