Farmer Burgers surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 04 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
17.0° C
(Which is 1.5°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 1AM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (05 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (05 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)101013131212121212121111111110101010101010101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)309213618613494471421414319303433603571560426388416307263261240365622901
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
20
SW
5
WSW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NW
20
WNW
15
W
5
W
5
NNW
10
N
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
10
NW
20
SW
25
SSW
35
S
30
S
25
S
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:06PM
1.68
4:19AM
1.81
4:37PM
1.64
4:49AM
1.74
5:06PM
1.57
5:17AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:10PM
0.06
10:35AM
0.05
10:39PM
0.12
11:03AM
0.12
11:06PM
0.20
11:30AM
0.21
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-----6:37-------6:39-------6:39--
Sunset7:17-------7:16-------7:15-------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918171818202019181817171818191920191816171921
Feels °C (?)161719181918191918191917171715161720181510111315
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