Farmer Burgers surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 05 Feb 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
15.6° 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 8PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (05 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (05 Feb)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
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
0.6
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)11101011111111111010111161111111111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)90110112134254922202201131151019777121205147182202142140134132108104
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
20
WNW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
N
10
N
10
WSW
20
WSW
30
SW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
W
5
WNW
10
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:40PM
1.52
5:56AM
1.64
6:13PM
1.41
6:29AM
1.52
6:48PM
1.30
7:03AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
0.16
11:40PM
0.21
12:12PM
0.26
12:10AM
0.33
12:44PM
0.38
12:41AM
0.46
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise-------6:15-------6:16-------6:16
Sunset--7:45-------7:45-------7:44-----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212220211919181821222220181717181820202018181718
Feels °C (?)202220222021201921211918181719201818161615161617
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