Farmer Burgers surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 10 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
17.6° C
(Which is 1.3°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 11PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)--
Afternoon (10 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (10 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
SW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)111111131212121212121118161615141413131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)183133128168151248178169202195189327347441382482626509501437397428384378
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
S
5
NW
20
N
15
N
20
NW
15
WNW
10
W
5
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
W
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
15
S
5
SSW
5
S
15
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onglasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:44PM
1.13
9:05AM
1.26
9:59PM
1.08
10:17AM
1.20
11:23PM
1.09
11:33AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:38PM
0.54
2:31AM
0.63
3:49PM
0.60
3:51AM
0.70
5:15PM
0.60
5:31AM
0.70
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-----5:50-------5:52-------5:52--
Sunset7:57-------7:57-------7:57-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C272726211819222221191717171820222220181817172020
Feels °C (?)222223211718212121201617171921211816151818182017
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